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Emma Hardy vs Olivia Blake

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

Photograph of Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
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Photograph of Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Olivia Blake voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,007 shared comparable votes.

990 same votes 17 different votes 1,007 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
88 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
88 Aye 44 No
42 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
42 Aye 67 No
30 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 17 No
Benefits 83% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 72 No
Migration 98% aligned 96 shared votes
26 Aye 70 No
88 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
88 Aye 44 No
42 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
42 Aye 67 No
30 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

70.2%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 650
Participation
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 321 of 650
1,518
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,264
1,699 eligible divisions
818
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
52.5% of votes cast
700
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
600
47.5% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
34
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650
436
+271.4 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
Contributions
38
-126.6 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
6
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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#1
Education
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
161 of 189 votes
#4
Transport
55 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 Oct 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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