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Bob Blackman vs Jas Athwal

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 Jas Athwal
Jas Athwal
Lab Ilford South

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Jas Athwal voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 368 different votes 376 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
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
58 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
58 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 647
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 89 of 647
2,055
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
547 eligible divisions
966
47.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
229
49.0 % of votes cast
1,089
53.0 % of votes cast
No votes
238
51.0 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

130
+63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 650
Appearances
60
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
153
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Contributions
73
-44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 366 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
£164,547
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£164,547
27 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
84 of 88 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
60 of 64 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Migration
155 of 169 votes
#5
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
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: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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