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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.


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 349 different votes 352 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

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API