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Andy McDonald vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Bob Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,592 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,512 different votes 1,592 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 11 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 50 shared votes
15 Aye 35 No
35 Aye 32 No
Trade 6% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
78 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 155 shared votes
82 Aye 73 No
21 Aye 15 No
Housing 6% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
4
2 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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API