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Chris Evans vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Chris Evans
Chris Evans
Lab Caerphilly
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Chris Evans and Bob Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,531 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,457 different votes 1,531 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
21 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 7% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 44 shared votes
11 Aye 33 No
70 Aye 82 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 152 shared votes
82 Aye 70 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
19 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 384 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
941
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
766
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
19
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,706,428
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£290,268
28% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
1
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

Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Housing
56 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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