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Blake Stephenson vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.

356 same votes 1 different votes 357 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
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 27 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 27 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 384 of 649
Participation
77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 258 of 649
410
570 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,356 eligible divisions
185
45.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
48.1 % of votes cast
225
54.9 % of votes cast
No votes
947
51.9 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

74
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
Appearances
77
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
103
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Contributions
94
-40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 330 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Tax
91 of 111 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API