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Sir Mel Stride vs Steve Race

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
vs
Photograph of Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Steve Race voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 278 different votes 282 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
12 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
Participation
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 73 of 649
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
495
575 eligible divisions
892
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
267
53.9 % of votes cast
951
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
228
46.1 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
Appearances
98
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Contributions
115
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,803
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,803
14 % below average
20
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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