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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.

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 456 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 446 different votes 456 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
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 6 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
30 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
67 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 106 shared votes
39 Aye 67 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 230 of 647
Participation
88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 647
564
716 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,055
2,333 eligible divisions
291
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
966
47.0 % of votes cast
273
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,089
53.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

57
-9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Appearances
130
+63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 650
66
-52.0 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650
Contributions
153
+35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650

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
1
1 registered category
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 88 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 64 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
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: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API