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Emma Hardy vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
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Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,327 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,271 different votes 1,327 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
22 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 11 No
Housing 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
32 Aye 30 No
Trade 6% aligned 62 shared votes
28 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 21 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
21 Aye 42 No
29 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

70.6 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,487
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
805
54.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
682
45.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
8
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

76
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
394
+255.7 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
Contributions
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
6
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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