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Bob Blackman vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Alistair Strathern 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
6 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 18 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 67 No
Tax 0% aligned 106 shared votes
67 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Appearances
66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
75
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API