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Mrs Elsie Blundell vs Steve Reed

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

Photograph of Mrs Elsie Blundell
Mrs Elsie Blundell
Lab Heywood and Middleton North
vs
Photograph of Steve Reed
Steve Reed
Lab Streatham and Croydon North

Voting alignment

Mrs Elsie Blundell and Steve Reed voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

247 same votes 2 different votes 249 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
36 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
36 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
36 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

83.0%
11% above average
Rank 131 of 650
Participation
61.9%
10% below average
Rank 554 of 650
524
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,496
2,417 eligible divisions
259
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
58.2% of votes cast
265
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
626
41.8% of votes cast
10
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

73
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
Appearances
46
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 650
101
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
Contributions
410
+245.4 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£161,906
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£161,906
28% below average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Trade
70 of 94 votes
Transport
30 of 32 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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