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Blake Stephenson vs Sir Mark Hendrick

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 Mark Hendrick
Sir Mark Hendrick
Lab Preston

Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Sir Mark Hendrick voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 176 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 167 different votes 176 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 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 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
55.8%
17% below average
Rank 602 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,326
2,376 eligible divisions
191
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
731
55.1% of votes cast
230
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
595
44.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 10 months
Since 23 Nov 2000

Debates

85
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
Appearances
3
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 650
165
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Contributions
6
-139.7 vs Commons average
Rank 628 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
£2,661,205
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£295,956
31% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
175 of 211 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
Tax
92 of 112 votes
#4
NHS / Health
37 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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