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Jeff Smith vs Blake Stephenson

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

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Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
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Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 369 different votes 376 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 7 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
35 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
35 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 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

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Appearances
85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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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