Compare

Sir Mel Stride vs Tim Farron

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 Tim Farron
Tim Farron
LD Westmorland and Lonsdale

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Tim Farron voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 1,194 shared comparable votes.

190 same votes 1,004 different votes 1,194 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
21 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 41% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 35% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 24 No
Defence 33% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
40 Aye 72 No
Tax 32% aligned 112 shared votes
72 Aye 40 No
19 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 27% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
17 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
86 Aye 38 No
Migration 3% aligned 124 shared votes
34 Aye 90 No
26 Aye 17 No
Trade 5% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
64 Aye 111 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 175 shared votes
110 Aye 65 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 243 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 649
1,847
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,485
2,366 eligible divisions
894
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
813
54.7% of votes cast
953
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
672
45.3% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

27
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
Appearances
143
+64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
45
-92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Contributions
161
+23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
24
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
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Welfare 15 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API