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Mike Martin vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 229 shared comparable votes.

164 same votes 65 different votes 229 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
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 97% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 33 No
Tax 95% aligned 60 shared votes
24 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 87% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 33% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 57% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 67% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
342
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
191
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
151
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

111
+28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
147
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 206 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

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
41
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API