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Darren Jones vs Rachel Blake

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


Voting alignment

Darren Jones and Rachel Blake voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

248 same votes 4 different votes 252 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
36 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
36 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
36 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

65.7%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 650
Participation
83.6%
11% above average
Rank 117 of 650
1,424
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
532
636 eligible divisions
785
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
51.7% of votes cast
639
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
257
48.3% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650
Appearances
85
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
582
+414.9 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 650
Contributions
112
-55.1 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,991,343
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£327,479
45% above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
167 of 189 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
142 of 163 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
70 of 90 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API