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James Naish vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

James Naish and Bob Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 315 different votes 330 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
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
38 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
38 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 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

73.6%
1% above average
Rank 342 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
434
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
212
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
222
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
9
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

167
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
213
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 649
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£186,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£186,058
18% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
15
6 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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