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Bob Blackman vs Sir Julian Lewis

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 Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,819 shared comparable votes.

1,785 same votes 34 different votes 1,819 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
93 Aye 149 No
Tax 100% aligned 242 shared votes
93 Aye 149 No
41 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 78 shared votes
41 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 52 No
Education 100% aligned 75 shared votes
23 Aye 52 No
32 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 63 shared votes
24 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 30 No
Defence 89% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
92 Aye 86 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 178 shared votes
90 Aye 88 No
19 Aye 37 No
Benefits 98% aligned 56 shared votes
18 Aye 38 No
36 Aye 48 No
Trade 99% aligned 84 shared votes
37 Aye 47 No

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

Voting record

87.4%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
Participation
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 201 of 650
2,113
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,929
2,417 eligible divisions
990
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
47.2% of votes cast
1,123
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,019
52.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

159
+64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
Appearances
392
+297.5 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
189
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
Contributions
512
+347.4 vs Commons average
Rank 24 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% 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
212 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
194 of 212 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#3
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
No
Victims and Prisoners Bill Report Stage: New Clause 27 4 Dec 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 161 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 159 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 117 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 151 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
No rebel
Aye
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 22B 26 Jun 2023
Defence
No rebel
Aye
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 122 3 May 2023
Defence
No rebel
Aye
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 22 3 May 2023
Defence
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
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