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Ashley Dalton vs Blake Stephenson

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

Photograph of Ashley Dalton
Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire
vs
Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Ashley Dalton and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 259 different votes 270 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
590
928 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
277
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
313
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
5
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
3 years, 8 months
Since 9 Feb 2023
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

47
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Appearances
85
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
111
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650
Contributions
165
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£607,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£323,917
43% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 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

Brexit / EU
6 of 6 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Migration
79 of 96 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Trade
15 of 19 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
Energy
23 of 32 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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