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Dame Nia Griffith vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Dame Nia Griffith
Dame Nia Griffith
Lab Llanelli
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Bob Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,659 shared comparable votes.

79 same votes 1,580 different votes 1,659 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
22 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 16 No
Energy 6% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
36 Aye 35 No
Trade 6% aligned 71 shared votes
33 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 16 No
Housing 5% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 67 shared votes
24 Aye 43 No
33 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,849
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
1,023
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
826
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget 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
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 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
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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