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Jack Abbott vs Rachel Blake

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

Photograph of Jack Abbott
Jack Abbott
Lab Ipswich
vs
Photograph of Rachel Blake
Rachel Blake
Lab Cities of London and Westminster

Voting alignment

Jack Abbott and Rachel Blake voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 475 shared comparable votes.

472 same votes 3 different votes 475 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
55 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
55 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
55 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

91.0%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
564
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
516
620 eligible divisions
277
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
51.2% of votes cast
287
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
252
48.8% of votes cast
3
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

39
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 528 of 650
Appearances
77
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
46
-110.0 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Contributions
97
-59.0 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£181,221
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£181,221
20% 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No rebel
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API