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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 323 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 320 different votes 323 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 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 53 of 648
Participation
77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
2,040
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
526 eligible divisions
954
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
53.3 % of votes cast
1,086
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
190
46.7 % 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

125
+64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 648
Appearances
15
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
149
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 648
Contributions
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 648

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
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
0
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
84 of 88 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Transport
80 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
21 of 22 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API