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Bob Blackman vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,725 shared comparable votes.

1,685 same votes 40 different votes 1,725 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
75 Aye 134 No
Tax 100% aligned 209 shared votes
75 Aye 134 No
87 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 161 shared votes
87 Aye 74 No
102 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
102 Aye 33 No
42 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 33 No
Defence 100% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
70 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 178 shared votes
73 Aye 105 No
16 Aye 19 No
Housing 94% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 47 No
Trade 95% aligned 80 shared votes
35 Aye 45 No
17 Aye 42 No
Education 97% aligned 59 shared votes
19 Aye 40 No

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

Voting record

87.4%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
Participation
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 108 of 650
2,113
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,817
2,162 eligible divisions
990
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
49.5% of votes cast
1,123
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
918
50.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

159
+64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
Appearances
19
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
189
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
Contributions
23
-141.6 vs Commons average
Rank 611 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
212 of 212 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API