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Joe Powell vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Joe Powell
Joe Powell
Lab Kensington and Bayswater
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Joe Powell and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 341 different votes 349 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 4 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
5 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

75.1%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 650
471
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,110
2,413 eligible divisions
224
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
988
46.8% of votes cast
247
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,122
53.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

105
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Appearances
161
+67.4 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
141
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
Contributions
192
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£214,410
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£214,410
5% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
6
4 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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