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Andrew Western vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 578 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 557 different votes 578 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
5 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
11 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
364
51.1% 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
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

45
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
Appearances
152
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
298
+152.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Contributions
180
+34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Education
50 of 58 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