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Bob Blackman vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Edward Argar voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,992 shared comparable votes.

1,949 same votes 43 different votes 1,992 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
96 Aye 163 No
Tax 100% aligned 259 shared votes
96 Aye 163 No
45 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 83 shared votes
45 Aye 38 No
36 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 33 No
Defence 100% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 65 shared votes
24 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
81 Aye 128 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 209 shared votes
84 Aye 125 No
39 Aye 44 No
Trade 95% aligned 83 shared votes
41 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 21 No
Housing 96% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 54 No
Education 97% aligned 75 shared votes
23 Aye 52 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
90.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 649
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,130
2,361 eligible divisions
972
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,014
47.6 % of votes cast
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,116
52.4 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
Appearances
82
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650
Contributions
128
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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