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Matt Bishop vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Bob Blackman voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 247 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 239 different votes 247 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
28 Aye 45 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 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

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
6
2 registered categories
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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 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