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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.

Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Steve Reed
Steve Reed
Lab Streatham and Croydon North

Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Steve Reed voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 168 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 166 different votes 168 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
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
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
3 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 397 of 647
Participation
62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 556 of 647
391
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,450
2,333 eligible divisions
177
45.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
854
58.9 % of votes cast
214
54.7 % of votes cast
No votes
596
41.1 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

67
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 647
Appearances
49
-17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 647
89
-29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 647
Contributions
395
+276.9 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 647

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
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Tax
89 of 108 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
#4
Trade
65 of 88 votes
Defence
22 of 27 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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