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Blake Stephenson vs Sir John Hayes

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 Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

384 same votes 2 different votes 386 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
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 27 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
34 Aye 51 No
Tax 99% aligned 85 shared votes
33 Aye 52 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 27 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 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
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 650
447
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,968
2,406 eligible divisions
205
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
47.3% of votes cast
242
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,037
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Appearances
134
+41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650
225
+63.0 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 650
Contributions
254
+92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 109 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
203 of 212 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Tax
93 of 114 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 42 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No rebel
Aye rebel
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API