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Bob Blackman vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,652 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,583 different votes 1,652 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
18 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
35 Aye 39 No
Trade 5% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 20 No
Housing 5% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 26 No
Energy 5% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 38 No
Benefits 4% aligned 53 shared votes
36 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 44 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 68 shared votes
44 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% 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
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 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