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Blake Stephenson vs Steve Witherden

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 Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Steve Witherden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 319 different votes 324 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
43 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
43 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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 387 of 650
Participation
80.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 650
401
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
450
558 eligible divisions
182
45.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
236
52.4 % of votes cast
219
54.6 % of votes cast
No votes
214
47.6 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Appearances
56
-14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
91
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Contributions
71
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38 % below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Tax
89 of 108 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
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