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Dan Carden vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Dan Carden and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,303 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,254 different votes 1,303 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 7 No
Housing 8% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 6% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 75 No
Migration 2% aligned 95 shared votes
73 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
21 Aye 41 No
37 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 48 shared votes
11 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

69.1 %
4 % below average
Rank 448 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,455
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
807
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
648
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

22
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
31
-107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650
Contributions
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£298,675
32 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
18
5 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

Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API