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Josh Newbury vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Josh Newbury and Bob Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 380 different votes 401 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
Trade 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 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
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 94 shared votes
36 Aye 58 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 105 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
499
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
263
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
236
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
13
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

123
+39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
144
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 649
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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