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Bob Blackman vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Ian Roome voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

173 same votes 66 different votes 239 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 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 94% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 92% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 29 No
Tax 92% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
5 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 91% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 8 No
Housing 42% aligned 12 shared votes
7 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
54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
320
590 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
178
55.6% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
142
44.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Appearances
90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 649
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Contributions
116
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 281 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Education
35 of 50 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