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Liz Kendall vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,380 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,327 different votes 1,380 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
35 Aye 30 No
Trade 9% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
33 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
15 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 18 No
Housing 4% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 80 No
Migration 0% aligned 116 shared votes
80 Aye 36 No
42 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 64 shared votes
22 Aye 42 No
30 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
875
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
655
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

37
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
526
+380.1 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
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
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Committee on Standards Motion 6 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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