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Rachel Blake vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 459 shared comparable votes.

448 same votes 11 different votes 459 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
59 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
59 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
59 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
529
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,852
2,419 eligible divisions
274
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.5% of votes cast
255
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
806
43.5% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

82
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Appearances
48
-46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650
106
-58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 650
Contributions
45
-119.6 vs Commons average
Rank 553 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24% below average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
83 of 94 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Housing
59 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API