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Dr Simon Opher vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 372 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 363 different votes 372 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
38 Aye 52 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

79.8%
7% above average
Rank 202 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
223
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
248
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

47
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Appearances
149
+67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
175
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£204,255
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
8
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

#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API