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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.

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Bob Blackman voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,486 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,437 different votes 1,486 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
34 Aye 32 No
Trade 8% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 19 No
Housing 7% aligned 30 shared votes
21 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
20 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

69.8 %
3 % below average
Rank 434 of 649
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 48 of 649
1,644
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,070
2,354 eligible divisions
915
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
47.0 % of votes cast
729
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,098
53.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

65
-10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
142
+66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
315
+181.7 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 649
Contributions
168
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 152 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
85 of 89 votes
Migration
143 of 169 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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