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Bob Blackman vs Derek Twigg

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
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Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Derek Twigg voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,245 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,172 different votes 1,245 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
15 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 18 No
Trade 10% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
56 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 124 shared votes
69 Aye 55 No
11 Aye 32 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
30 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
36 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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