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Steve Reed vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Steve Reed and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 183 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 180 different votes 183 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 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
31 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
863
58.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
613
41.5% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649
Appearances
85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
428
+282.1 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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

£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£293,477
30% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API