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Blake Stephenson vs Michael Payne

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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Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 327 different votes 329 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
37 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
51 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
51 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
191
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
230
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% 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

85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 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
32 of 32 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Tax
92 of 112 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 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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