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Bob Blackman vs Emily Darlington

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Emily Darlington voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 400 different votes 406 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
3 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
57 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
57 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
88.3%
16% above average
Rank 40 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
590 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
52.6% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
247
47.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
91
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 274 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
£124,936
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£124,936
45% below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API