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Ian Sollom vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Ian Sollom and Bob Blackman voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

249 same votes 74 different votes 323 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
29 Aye 47 No
Tax 96% aligned 76 shared votes
26 Aye 50 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 22 No
Education 94% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 46% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 327 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
438
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
229
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
209
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 649
Contributions
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£208,212
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£208,212
8% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
2
1 registered category
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

#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API