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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
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Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Bob Blackman voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,181 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,116 different votes 1,181 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
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 34 No
Trade 10% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 10% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
25 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
99 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 158 shared votes
59 Aye 99 No
24 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
749
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
563
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
33
-110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 564 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

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
9
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
147 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: New Clause 143 8 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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
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
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
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