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Bob Blackman vs Michael Payne

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 Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 341 different votes 344 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
37 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
58 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
58 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
575 eligible divisions
972
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.0 % of votes cast
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
212
48.0 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
Appearances
25
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 575 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 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: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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