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Olivia Blake vs Rebecca Smith

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

Photograph of Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam
vs
Photograph of Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon

Voting alignment

Olivia Blake and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 302 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 295 different votes 302 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 4 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
649
52.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
590
47.6% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

37
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 649
Contributions
268
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£300,839
33% above average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Education
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Transport
53 of 64 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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