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Bob Blackman vs Mr Calvin Bailey

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Mr Calvin Bailey voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 282 different votes 286 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
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
31 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 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
63.5 %
9 % below average
Rank 533 of 649
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
365
575 eligible divisions
972
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
192
52.6 % of votes cast
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
173
47.4 % 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
103
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650
Contributions
226
+87.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 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
£186,701
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£186,701
17 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Education
38 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API