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Lisa Smart vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Bob Blackman voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

225 same votes 69 different votes 294 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
29 Aye 41 No
Tax 96% aligned 70 shared votes
26 Aye 44 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 94% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 90% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 46% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
2
0.5% 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

172
+89.7 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
245
+101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
Contributions
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
28 of 34 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