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Bob Blackman vs Tom Rutland

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Tom Rutland voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 345 different votes 352 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
38 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
58 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
58 Aye 38 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 47 of 650
Participation
82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 152 of 650
2,065
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
558 eligible divisions
971
47.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
227
49.3 % of votes cast
1,094
53.0 % of votes cast
No votes
233
50.7 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

132
+63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650
Appearances
43
-25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
155
+34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Contributions
57
-64.0 vs Commons average
Rank 443 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
211 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
85 of 89 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
65 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
155 of 169 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API