The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Bob Blackman vs Rebecca Smith

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

335 same votes 3 different votes 338 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
33 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 91% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
33 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
268
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 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
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API