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Bob Blackman vs Carolyn Harris

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 Carolyn Harris
Carolyn Harris
Lab Neath and Swansea East

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Carolyn Harris voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,588 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,527 different votes 1,588 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
20 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
33 Aye 40 No
Trade 7% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 19 No
Housing 5% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 34 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
65 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 175 shared votes
111 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
41 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 26 No
Energy 0% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 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
75.1%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,785
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
57.4% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
760
42.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,394,912
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£305,970
35% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Education
83 of 96 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 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
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 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
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
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
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 27 Feb 2024
Housing
Aye
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