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Linsey Farnsworth vs Blake Stephenson

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

Photograph of Linsey Farnsworth
Linsey Farnsworth
Lab Amber Valley
vs
Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Linsey Farnsworth and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 348 different votes 355 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
25 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 4 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
33 Aye 49 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
33 Aye 49 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 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

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 53 of 650
Participation
71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 387 of 650
490
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
558 eligible divisions
255
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
182
45.4 % of votes cast
235
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
219
54.6 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650
Appearances
66
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 650
121
+0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
Contributions
89
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£216,552
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£216,552
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Tax
89 of 108 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 33 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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 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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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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Voting source Commons Votes API