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Bob Blackman vs Helen Grant

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Helen Grant voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,686 shared comparable votes.

1,643 same votes 43 different votes 1,686 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
77 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 213 shared votes
77 Aye 136 No
31 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 38 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 52 shared votes
14 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 12 No
Housing 95% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
39 Aye 40 No
Trade 95% aligned 79 shared votes
41 Aye 38 No
81 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 205 shared votes
82 Aye 123 No
67 Aye 39 No
Migration 97% aligned 106 shared votes
64 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 59 shared votes
24 Aye 35 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 47 of 650
Participation
73.1%
1% above average
Rank 350 of 650
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,770
2,422 eligible divisions
992
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.3% of votes cast
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
932
52.7% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
Appearances
20
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
Contributions
31
-135.4 vs Commons average
Rank 596 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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