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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 205 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 201 different votes 205 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
38 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
19 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
19 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 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

46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
156
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
Contributions
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Tax
63 of 112 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API