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Alex Norris vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Alex Norris and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,412 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,358 different votes 1,412 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
23 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 35 No
Trade 8% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 9 No
Housing 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 65 shared votes
22 Aye 43 No
28 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
36 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 45 shared votes
9 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 14 No
Energy 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 302 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,597
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
891
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
706
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
501
+355.1 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 649
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,827,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£301,924
33% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 73 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 46 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
159 of 188 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API