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Bob Blackman vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and David Simmonds voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,243 shared comparable votes.

1,210 same votes 33 different votes 1,243 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
61 Aye 103 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
61 Aye 103 No
29 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 26 No
Trade 91% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 17 No
Housing 94% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
103 Aye 39 No
Migration 96% aligned 142 shared votes
97 Aye 45 No
12 Aye 34 No
Education 98% aligned 46 shared votes
13 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

87.4%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 130 of 650
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,418
1,704 eligible divisions
992
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
682
48.1% of votes cast
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
736
51.9% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
Appearances
113
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
Contributions
171
+4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 203 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
212 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#3
Housing
50 of 55 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API