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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.


Voting alignment

Darren Jones and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,262 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,210 different votes 1,262 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 10 No
Housing 10% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
34 Aye 31 No
Trade 6% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 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
21 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

65.2%
7% below average
Rank 516 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,383
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
763
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
620
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
599
+453.1 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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

£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
9
6 registered categories
4
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
166 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Migration
142 of 163 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 44 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API