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Bob Blackman vs Ben Coleman

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 Ben Coleman
Ben Coleman
Lab Chelsea and Fulham

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Ben Coleman voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 319 different votes 338 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
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 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
71.2%
1% below average
Rank 404 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
420
590 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
54.0% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
193
46.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Appearances
51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 649
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£186,638
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£186,638
17% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 29 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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