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Bob Blackman vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Catherine West voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,568 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,508 different votes 1,568 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
19 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 11 No
Housing 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
36 Aye 36 No
Trade 6% aligned 72 shared votes
34 Aye 38 No
79 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 145 shared votes
70 Aye 75 No
14 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 54 No
Education 0% aligned 76 shared votes
54 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% 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 460 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 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