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Bob Blackman vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Bill Esterson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,528 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,462 different votes 1,528 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
22 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 31 No
Energy 6% aligned 47 shared votes
34 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 35 No
Trade 6% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 18 No
Housing 5% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 29 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
41 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Appearances
56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
50 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API