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Bob Blackman vs Sir Julian Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Bob Blackman and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,763 shared comparable votes.
1,717 same votes
46 different votes
1,763 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
87.4%
15% above average
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,876
2,422 eligible divisions
992
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
902
48.1% of votes cast
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
974
51.9% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
103
+7.4 vs Commons average
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
128
-38.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
rebel
No
rebel
Aye
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API