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Jim Dickson vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Jim Dickson and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 390 different votes 398 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
58 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 97 shared votes
39 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 97 shared votes
39 Aye 58 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

88.5%
17% above average
Rank 38 of 649
Participation
87.7%
16% above average
Rank 48 of 649
515
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,077
2,368 eligible divisions
248
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
975
46.9% of votes cast
267
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,102
53.1% 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

128
+48.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
Appearances
147
+67.4 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
143
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 202 of 649
Contributions
173
+34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£172,033
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£172,033
24% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
1
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Education
47 of 50 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