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Bob Blackman vs Matt Rodda

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 Matt Rodda
Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Matt Rodda voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,539 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,469 different votes 1,539 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
21 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 35 No
Trade 6% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 18 No
Housing 6% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 32 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 44 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 65 shared votes
44 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 43 No
Education 0% aligned 58 shared votes
43 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 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
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 163 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,734
2,121 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
54.4% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
791
45.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
16
0.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Appearances
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Contributions
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 343 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
£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£254,181
12% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 55 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Education
70 of 76 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
67 of 73 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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