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Dr Zubir Ahmed vs Bob Blackman

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

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Dr Zubir Ahmed
Lab Glasgow South West
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Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Dr Zubir Ahmed and Bob Blackman voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 315 different votes 334 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
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
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
25 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
435
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
227
52.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
208
47.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
14
3.2% 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

71
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
150
+6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 202 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

£243,911
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£243,911
8% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
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

Migration
12 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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