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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Blake Stephenson

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 318 different votes 336 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
33 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

76.8%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
1,824
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
1,008
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
816
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
26
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
Appearances
85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
54
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 649
Contributions
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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