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Mark Garnier vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Bob Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,910 shared comparable votes.

1,848 same votes 62 different votes 1,910 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
96 Aye 154 No
Tax 100% aligned 250 shared votes
96 Aye 154 No
94 Aye 86 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 180 shared votes
94 Aye 86 No
41 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 77 shared votes
41 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 92% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
85 Aye 125 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 210 shared votes
82 Aye 128 No
40 Aye 46 No
Trade 95% aligned 86 shared votes
38 Aye 48 No
30 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 71 shared votes
27 Aye 44 No
24 Aye 24 No
Housing 96% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 118 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
2,023
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
986
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
992
46.8% of votes cast
1,037
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
25
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
124
-42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
22
7 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

Brexit / EU
211 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Trade
89 of 94 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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