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Jake Richards vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 295 different votes 301 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
24 Aye 44 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
24 Aye 44 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

72.8 %
same as average
Rank 364 of 650
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 650
410
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,065
2,349 eligible divisions
213
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
971
47.0 % of votes cast
197
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,094
53.0 % 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, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Appearances
135
+64.0 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650
203
+77.0 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
Contributions
161
+35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
4
4 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 89 votes
Defence
30 of 33 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 70 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API