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Alistair Strathern vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 483 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 472 different votes 483 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
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 6 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 10 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
67 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 106 shared votes
39 Aye 67 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
294
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
75
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Energy
24 of 25 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