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Blake Stephenson vs Jack Abbott

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
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Jack Abbott
Lab Ipswich

Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Jack Abbott voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 387 different votes 396 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
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
39 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
50 Aye 39 No
9 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
50 Aye 39 No
9 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
Participation
90.8%
18% above average
Rank 15 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
536
590 eligible divisions
191
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
265
49.4% of votes cast
230
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
271
50.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Appearances
22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£203,629
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£181,221
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£181,221
20% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#3
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Tax
92 of 112 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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