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Alistair Strathern vs Blake Stephenson

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

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 391 different votes 398 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 7 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
52 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
38 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
38 Aye 52 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
Participation
72.1%
same as average
Rank 379 of 650
626
789 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
620 eligible divisions
319
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
45.9% of votes cast
307
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
242
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Appearances
99
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
94
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
199
+39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
54 of 66 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#4
Tax
93 of 114 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#5
Work / Employment
34 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API