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Bob Blackman vs Dave Robertson

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Dave Robertson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 387 different votes 399 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
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
39 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
56 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
56 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 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
86.8%
14% above average
Rank 63 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
590 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
53.9% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
236
46.1% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% 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
102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 649
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Contributions
135
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 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