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Bob Blackman vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Pat McFadden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,409 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,354 different votes 1,409 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
19 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
35 Aye 37 No
Trade 8% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
14 Aye 22 No
Energy 8% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 15 No
Housing 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 36 No
Benefits 4% aligned 51 shared votes
34 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
89 Aye 35 No
Migration 0% aligned 124 shared votes
35 Aye 89 No
20 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.7% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
659
42.3% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Appearances
35
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
255
+109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 86 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
184 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 27 Feb 2024
Housing
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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