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Taiwo Owatemi vs Sir Mel Stride

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

Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West
vs
Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon

Voting alignment

Taiwo Owatemi and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 790 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 760 different votes 790 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 6 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
28 Aye 68 No
Migration 3% aligned 96 shared votes
65 Aye 31 No
71 Aye 28 No
Tax 2% aligned 99 shared votes
26 Aye 73 No
54 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 102 shared votes
48 Aye 54 No
24 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

75.2 %
2 % above average
Rank 319 of 648
Participation
78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 648
1,198
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,810
2,312 eligible divisions
644
53.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
874
48.3 % of votes cast
554
46.2 % of votes cast
No votes
936
51.7 % of votes cast
13
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

4
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 648
Appearances
29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 648
8
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£280,621
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
6 registered categories
0
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

Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 169 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
152 of 173 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#5
Energy
55 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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