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Blake Stephenson vs Josh MacAlister

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 Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 372 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 364 different votes 372 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 9 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

72.1%
same as average
Rank 379 of 650
Participation
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 650
447
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
509
620 eligible divisions
205
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
49.7% of votes cast
242
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
256
50.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Appearances
86
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
225
+63.0 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 650
Contributions
215
+53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 147 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
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 66 votes
#3
Education
49 of 50 votes
Tax
93 of 114 votes
#4
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 42 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
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