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Bob Blackman vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 823 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 791 different votes 823 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
7 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 4 No
Migration 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 25 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 79 No
Tax 0% aligned 138 shared votes
79 Aye 59 No
20 Aye 32 No
Education 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

152
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
Appearances
7
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
180
+34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
Contributions
7
-138.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
9
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
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API