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Bob Blackman vs Emma Foody

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
Photograph of Emma Foody
Emma Foody
Lab Cramlington and Killingworth

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Emma Foody voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 395 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 387 different votes 395 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
56 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
56 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 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 49 of 650
Participation
85.0%
13% above average
Rank 92 of 650
2,104
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
620 eligible divisions
988
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
255
48.4% of votes cast
1,116
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
272
51.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

160
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
Appearances
36
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650
191
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650
Contributions
44
-117.6 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£188,107
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£188,107
17% below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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