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Sarah Pochin vs Rachel 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 Rachel Blake
Rachel Blake
Lab Cities of London and Westminster

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Rachel Blake voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 187 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 164 different votes 187 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 1 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 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
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
489
590 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.5% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
237
48.5% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
67
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 649
120
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Contributions
89
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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 Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API