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Sarah Pochin vs Olivia Blake

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Olivia Blake voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 181 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 161 different votes 181 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 56% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 1 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
0 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
15 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
649
52.4% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
590
47.6% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
37
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
120
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Contributions
42
-100.3 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
1
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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Education
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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