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Bob Blackman vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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 Mr Douglas Alexander
Mr Douglas Alexander
Lab Lothian East

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 180 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 177 different votes 180 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
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
38 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
38 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 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
45.8 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 648
2,040
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
241
526 eligible divisions
954
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
109
45.2 % of votes cast
1,086
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
132
54.8 % 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
22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 648
149
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 648
Contributions
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 179 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Trade
3 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
Trade
84 of 88 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
4 of 6 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#4
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
Transport
80 of 87 votes
#5
Tax
62 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API