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Bob Blackman vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,417 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,360 different votes 1,417 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 21 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 36 No
Trade 6% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
90 Aye 36 No
Migration 0% aligned 126 shared votes
36 Aye 90 No
28 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Appearances
43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API