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Bob Blackman vs Chris Coghlan

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 230 shared comparable votes.

178 same votes 52 different votes 230 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
3 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
27 Aye 36 No
Tax 95% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 93% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 93% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 4 No
Energy 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 7 No
Housing 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 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
52.4%
20% below average
Rank 616 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
309
590 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
58.6% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
128
41.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 440 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
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Education
33 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 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