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Bob Blackman vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 354 different votes 362 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 0 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
56 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 207 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
52.3% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.7% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

149
+67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
175
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
63
-79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
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