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Bob Blackman vs Olivia Blake

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Olivia Blake voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,078 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,042 different votes 1,078 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
18 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 22 No
Trade 11% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 29 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 14 No
Housing 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
85 Aye 37 No
Migration 0% aligned 122 shared votes
37 Aye 85 No
16 Aye 39 No
Education 0% aligned 55 shared votes
39 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
649
52.4% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
590
47.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Appearances
37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 539 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

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