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Mark Pritchard vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Mark Pritchard and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

278 same votes 2 different votes 280 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
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 89% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

64.0%
8% below average
Rank 529 of 650
Participation
72.3%
same as average
Rank 374 of 650
1,547
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
631 eligible divisions
735
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
207
45.4% of votes cast
812
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
249
54.6% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

212
+117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Appearances
116
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
252
+87.4 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
Contributions
264
+99.4 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,150,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£174,182
23% below average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
5
4 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

Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
136 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#3
Tax
99 of 121 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 66 votes
Trade
70 of 94 votes
#5
Work / Employment
34 of 42 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API