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Rachel Blake vs Dr Allison Gardner

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

Photograph of Rachel Blake
Rachel Blake
Lab Cities of London and Westminster
vs
Photograph of Dr Allison Gardner
Dr Allison Gardner
Lab Stoke-on-Trent South

Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 445 shared comparable votes.

433 same votes 12 different votes 445 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
55 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
55 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
55 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

83.6%
11% above average
Rank 117 of 650
Participation
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
532
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
531
636 eligible divisions
275
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
48.8% of votes cast
257
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
272
51.2% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

87
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Appearances
106
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
120
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
Contributions
155
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24% below average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Housing
Aye
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
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