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Charlie Dewhirst vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Charlie Dewhirst and Bob Blackman voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

359 same votes 1 different votes 360 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
36 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
36 Aye 59 No
17 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 28 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
36 Aye 59 No
17 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 28 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

66.3 %
6 % below average
Rank 495 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
381
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
166
43.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
215
56.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
111
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Contributions
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£184,765
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£184,765
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Tax
95 of 111 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Education
40 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API