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Matt Rodda vs Bob Blackman

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

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Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central
vs
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Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Matt Rodda and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,527 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,460 different votes 1,527 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
23 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 6% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
69 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 146 shared votes
77 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 65 shared votes
21 Aye 44 No
32 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
43 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 58 shared votes
15 Aye 43 No
30 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 168 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,720
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
941
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
779
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

81
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
101
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Contributions
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£254,181
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
1
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Housing
51 of 54 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Education
70 of 76 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 73 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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