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Caroline Voaden vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Caroline Voaden and Bob Blackman voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

234 same votes 72 different votes 306 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 44 No
Tax 95% aligned 75 shared votes
27 Aye 48 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 93% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 6 No
Housing 40% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

69.3%
3% below average
Rank 442 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
409
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
207
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
202
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

179
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 114 of 649
Contributions
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£193,283
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£193,283
15% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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

#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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