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Bob Blackman vs Steve Reed

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Steve Reed voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,328 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,275 different votes 1,328 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
14 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 26 No
Energy 8% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
32 Aye 34 No
Trade 8% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
73 Aye 26 No
Migration 0% aligned 99 shared votes
26 Aye 73 No
20 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
41 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 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
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
58.5% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
613
41.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Appearances
50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
428
+282.1 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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