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Bob Blackman vs Rushanara Ali

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

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Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East
vs
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Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,617 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,548 different votes 1,617 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
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
36 Aye 41 No
Trade 9% aligned 77 shared votes
42 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 19 No
Housing 5% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 30 No
Energy 4% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 35 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
33 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 54 No
Education 0% aligned 73 shared votes
54 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 44 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 66 shared votes
44 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Appearances
47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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
211 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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