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Darren Jones vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Darren Jones
Darren Jones
Lab Bristol North West
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Darren Jones and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,242 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,192 different votes 1,242 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
21 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 10% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
31 Aye 31 No
Trade 6% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

66.1 %
7 % below average
Rank 502 of 648
Participation
88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 53 of 648
1,359
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,040
2,312 eligible divisions
753
55.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
954
46.8 % of votes cast
606
44.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,086
53.2 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

42
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 648
Appearances
125
+65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 648
554
+446.1 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 648
Contributions
149
+41.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,991,343
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£327,479
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
166 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Migration
142 of 161 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
35 of 43 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Trade
64 of 84 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 27 Feb 2024
Housing
Aye
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