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Justin Madders vs Blake Stephenson

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

Photograph of Justin Madders
Justin Madders
Lab Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
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Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Justin Madders and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 353 different votes 374 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
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
24 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
48 Aye 38 No
Tax 1% aligned 86 shared votes
37 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

81.7%
9% above average
Rank 164 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
1,942
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
1,067
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
875
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
17
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
117
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
164
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,078,779
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£299,970
33% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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