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Chris Law vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Bob Blackman voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,120 shared comparable votes.

89 same votes 1,031 different votes 1,120 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
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
108 Aye 73 No
Tax 27% aligned 181 shared votes
63 Aye 118 No
10 Aye 13 No
Energy 22% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 3 No
Education 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 93 No
Migration 0% aligned 124 shared votes
93 Aye 31 No
38 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
19 Aye 38 No
14 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
0 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
549
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

57
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
Appearances
150
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
64
-78.2 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 649
Contributions
177
+34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API