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Mike Martin vs Mrs Elsie Blundell

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Mrs Elsie Blundell voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 249 different votes 297 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 24 No
Education 3% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 39 No
Tax 4% aligned 67 shared votes
42 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 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
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 135 of 649
342
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
489
590 eligible divisions
191
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
49.1% of votes cast
151
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
249
50.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
10
2.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

112
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 649
148
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
Contributions
92
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 365 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
£161,906
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£161,906
28% below average
41
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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