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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Bob Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,628 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,548 different votes 1,628 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
24 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
36 Aye 34 No
Trade 6% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 23 No
Housing 4% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
86 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 161 shared votes
78 Aye 83 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 67 shared votes
23 Aye 44 No
30 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
34 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
18
1.0% 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

110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
159
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 189 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

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
61 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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