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James Wild vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

James Wild and Bob Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,323 shared comparable votes.

1,283 same votes 40 different votes 1,323 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
62 Aye 111 No
Tax 100% aligned 173 shared votes
62 Aye 111 No
34 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 14 No
Housing 91% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 29 No
Trade 92% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
89 Aye 44 No
Migration 98% aligned 133 shared votes
92 Aye 41 No
12 Aye 39 No
Education 98% aligned 51 shared votes
11 Aye 40 No

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

Voting record

85.9%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
1,464
1,704 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
727
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
992
46.8% of votes cast
737
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

134
+38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Appearances
161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
238
+71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 650
Contributions
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£985,585
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£228,734
1% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Trade
54 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
66 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 70 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API