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Blake Stephenson vs Tom Rutland

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 Tom Rutland
Tom Rutland
Lab East Worthing and Shoreham

Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Tom Rutland voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 324 different votes 330 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 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
36 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
51 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
51 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 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
82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 152 of 650
401
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
558 eligible divisions
182
45.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
227
49.3 % of votes cast
219
54.6 % of votes cast
No votes
233
50.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Appearances
42
-27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
91
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
Contributions
56
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 454 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1 % below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Tax
89 of 108 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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