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Jeff Smith vs Bob Blackman
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Jeff Smith and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,364 shared comparable votes.
57 same votes
1,307 different votes
1,364 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
79.6%
7% above average
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
4
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API