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Fred Thomas vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 299 different votes 305 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
55 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
30 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
30 Aye 55 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

68.4 %
4 % below average
Rank 459 of 650
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 650
385
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,065
2,349 eligible divisions
224
58.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
971
47.0 % of votes cast
161
41.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,094
53.0 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

36
-35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
Appearances
136
+64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
46
-80.2 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
Contributions
162
+35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
8
4 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 89 votes
Tax
90 of 111 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 70 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API