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Blake Stephenson vs Samantha Dixon

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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Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston

Voting alignment

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

8 same votes 317 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 9 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
6 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
999 eligible divisions
191
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
361
49.1% of votes cast
230
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
374
50.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 9 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

82
-0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Appearances
73
-9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
140
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
286
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 61 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
Tax
92 of 112 votes
#4
Trade
20 of 23 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
#5
Migration
83 of 97 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: 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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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