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Emily Darlington vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Emily Darlington
Emily Darlington
Lab Milton Keynes Central
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Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Emily Darlington and Bob Blackman voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 389 different votes 394 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
15 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
57 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
31 Aye 57 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
31 Aye 57 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 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

88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 42 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
507
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
270
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
237
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

90
+12.0 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
147
+69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
115
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649
Contributions
175
+36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£124,936
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£124,936
45 % below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
3
2 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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