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Blake Stephenson vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 356 different votes 360 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
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
34 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
191
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
230
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Contributions
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Tax
92 of 112 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API