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John Whitby vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

John Whitby and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 402 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 393 different votes 402 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
27 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
35 Aye 51 No
25 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
17% above average
Rank 31 of 649
Participation
87.7%
16% above average
Rank 48 of 649
516
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,077
2,368 eligible divisions
263
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
975
46.9% of votes cast
253
49.0% 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

62
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
Appearances
147
+67.4 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
76
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 405 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

£191,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 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