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Shabana Mahmood vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 111 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 96 different votes 111 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
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 8 No
Tax 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 8 No
Tax 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 613 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 393 of 649
1,266
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
419
586 eligible divisions
729
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.6% of votes cast
537
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
228
54.4% of votes cast
12
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Appearances
76
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
845
+704.5 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 649
Contributions
109
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
5
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API