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Bob Blackman vs Mr Louie French

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Mr Louie French voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 913 shared comparable votes.

904 same votes 9 different votes 913 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
56 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
56 Aye 58 No
43 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
43 Aye 68 No
27 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 28 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 95% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
92 Aye 33 No
Migration 98% aligned 125 shared votes
89 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 37 No
Education 98% aligned 49 shared votes
13 Aye 36 No
56 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
56 Aye 58 No
43 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
43 Aye 68 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
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API