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Brian Mathew vs Rachel Blake

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Rachel Blake voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 259 different votes 308 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
37 Aye 23 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 4% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 14 No
Benefits 13% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 510 of 649
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
379
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
483
580 eligible divisions
191
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
51.6% of votes cast
188
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.4% of votes cast
11
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
Appearances
66
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
91
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
90
-47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API