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Edward Argar vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Bob Blackman voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 2,027 shared comparable votes.

1,984 same votes 43 different votes 2,027 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
97 Aye 169 No
Tax 100% aligned 266 shared votes
97 Aye 169 No
45 Aye 41 No
Transport 100% aligned 86 shared votes
45 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 44 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 72 shared votes
28 Aye 44 No
36 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 33 No
Defence 100% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
84 Aye 126 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 210 shared votes
81 Aye 129 No
41 Aye 45 No
Trade 95% aligned 86 shared votes
39 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 23 No
Housing 96% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 52 No
Education 97% aligned 75 shared votes
21 Aye 54 No

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

Voting record

89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
2,171
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,113
2,417 eligible divisions
1,032
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
990
46.9% of votes cast
1,139
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,123
53.1% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

85
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Appearances
159
+64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
137
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
Contributions
189
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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