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Bob Blackman vs Sarah Russell

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Sarah Russell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 360 different votes 365 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
34 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
Participation
82.1 %
9 % above average
Rank 158 of 649
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
575 eligible divisions
972
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
243
51.5 % of votes cast
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
229
48.5 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
Appearances
85
+7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650
Contributions
127
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 221 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
69 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API