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Blake Stephenson vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 319 different votes 325 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
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
31 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
49 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
49 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 387 of 650
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 189 of 650
401
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
451
558 eligible divisions
182
45.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
236
52.3 % of votes cast
219
54.6 % of votes cast
No votes
215
47.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Appearances
28
-42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 650
91
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Contributions
34
-90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,629
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25 % below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Tax
89 of 108 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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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