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Mr David Lammy vs Blake Stephenson

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

Photograph of Mr David Lammy
Mr David Lammy
Lab Tottenham
vs
Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Mr David Lammy and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 96 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 93 different votes 96 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
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 5 No
Tax 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 0 No
Housing 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 5 No
Tax 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 0 No
Housing 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

49.6 %
24 % below average
Rank 623 of 648
Participation
71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 397 of 648
1,146
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
377
526 eligible divisions
691
60.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
44.0 % of votes cast
455
39.7 % of votes cast
No votes
211
56.0 % of votes cast
9
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
25 years, 11 months
Since 22 Jun 2000
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 648
Appearances
71
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 648
818
+709.1 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 648
Contributions
91
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,872,069
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£268,880
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
58 of 88 votes
#2
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Defence
37 of 59 votes
#3
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
#4
Tax
89 of 108 votes
NHS / Health
32 of 56 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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