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Bob Blackman vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,134 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,085 different votes 1,134 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
22 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 26 No
Trade 9% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 30 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 18 No
Housing 6% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
96 Aye 28 No
Migration 0% aligned 124 shared votes
28 Aye 96 No
30 Aye 33 No
Defence 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 29 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

152
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
180
+34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 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