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Kate Dearden vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 334 different votes 341 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
1 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
29 Aye 48 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

86.1%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
508
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
247
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
261
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% 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

83
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Appearances
150
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649
207
+64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649
Contributions
177
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
7
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 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