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Alison McGovern vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Bob Blackman voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,498 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,448 different votes 1,498 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
25 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
36 Aye 32 No
Trade 7% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
11 Aye 20 No
Housing 6% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
27 Aye 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
35 Aye 12 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
10 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 64 shared votes
21 Aye 43 No
39 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
20 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
741
44.6% 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
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
430
+286.5 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Contributions
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 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