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Charlotte Nichols vs Blake Stephenson

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

Photograph of Charlotte Nichols
Charlotte Nichols
Lab Warrington North
vs
Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Charlotte Nichols and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 313 different votes 320 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
47 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
34 Aye 47 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
34 Aye 47 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 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

77.5 %
4 % above average
Rank 266 of 648
Participation
71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 397 of 648
1,235
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
377
526 eligible divisions
641
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
44.0 % of votes cast
594
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
211
56.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 648
Appearances
71
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 648
26
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 648
Contributions
91
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£305,109
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
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

Defence
54 of 58 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#2
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Education
63 of 68 votes
#3
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Housing
49 of 53 votes
#4
Tax
89 of 108 votes
Energy
40 of 45 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
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 Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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
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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