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Matt Turmaine vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Matt Turmaine
Matt Turmaine
Lab Watford
vs
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Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Matt Turmaine and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 402 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 393 different votes 402 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 5 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
57 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 94 shared votes
37 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 94 shared votes
37 Aye 57 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

91.0 %
18 % above average
Rank 15 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
523
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
275
52.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
248
47.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
55
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 477 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

£150,619
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£150,619
33 % below 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
13 of 13 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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