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Bob Blackman vs Josh MacAlister

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 Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 359 different votes 367 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
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
25 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 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 48 of 650
Participation
84.0 %
11 % above average
Rank 117 of 650
2,058
2,337 eligible divisions
Total votes
463
551 eligible divisions
969
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
49.7 % of votes cast
1,089
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
233
50.3 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

132
+64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
55
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
156
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 650
Contributions
169
+49.1 vs Commons average
Rank 120 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
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
49 of 49 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
63 of 68 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 31 votes
Migration
155 of 169 votes
#5
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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