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Graham Stringer vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Bob Blackman voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 1,236 shared comparable votes.

154 same votes 1,082 different votes 1,236 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
46 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 63% aligned 107 shared votes
40 Aye 67 No
27 Aye 25 No
Trade 17% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 35 No
Transport 9% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 11 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 23 No
Defence 7% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 592 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
1,370
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,081
2,373 eligible divisions
685
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
978
47.0% of votes cast
685
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,103
53.0% of votes cast
113
8.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 649
Appearances
149
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
43
-97.6 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
Contributions
175
+34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
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
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
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