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Bob Blackman vs Sir Mark Hendrick

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
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Sir Mark Hendrick
Lab Preston

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Sir Mark Hendrick voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,185 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,127 different votes 1,185 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
13 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 16% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 14 No
Energy 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
35 Aye 33 No
Trade 7% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
16 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 14 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 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
55.8%
17% below average
Rank 602 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,326
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
731
55.1% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
595
44.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 10 months
Since 23 Nov 2000

Debates

149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Appearances
3
-79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Contributions
6
-137.5 vs Commons average
Rank 628 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
£2,661,205
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£295,956
31% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
NHS / Health
37 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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