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Bob Blackman vs Christine Jardine

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 Christine Jardine
Christine Jardine
LD Edinburgh West

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Christine Jardine voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 1,244 shared comparable votes.

218 same votes 1,026 different votes 1,244 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
12 Aye 38 No
Education 66% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 56% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 47% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
45 Aye 105 No
Tax 36% aligned 150 shared votes
85 Aye 65 No
21 Aye 28 No
Defence 33% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
95 Aye 35 No
Migration 0% aligned 130 shared votes
35 Aye 95 No
10 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
68 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 173 shared votes
102 Aye 71 No
21 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
Participation
66.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 494 of 649
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,106 eligible divisions
972
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
779
55.7 % of votes cast
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
619
44.3 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
Appearances
145
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650
Contributions
147
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£318,822
41 % above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
16
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
Brexit / EU
176 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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