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Bob Blackman vs David Reed

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and David Reed voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

311 same votes 4 different votes 315 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
34 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
34 Aye 43 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
34 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
34 Aye 43 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 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
62.4%
10% below average
Rank 552 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
368
590 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
188
51.1% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
180
48.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Appearances
120
+36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
179
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 162 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
£195,694
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£195,694
13% below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
14
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Tax
80 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API