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Blake Stephenson vs Steve Reed

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


Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Steve Reed voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 183 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 180 different votes 183 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 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
5 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
5 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 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
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
191
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
58.5% of votes cast
230
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
613
41.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
50
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 649
164
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Contributions
428
+284.5 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Tax
92 of 112 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API