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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 193 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 190 different votes 193 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
38 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
19 Aye 38 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
Most different by topic
38 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
19 Aye 38 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
11 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 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

45.4 %
27 % below average
Rank 628 of 649
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 48 of 649
258
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,070
2,354 eligible divisions
114
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
47.0 % of votes cast
144
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,098
53.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

39
-36.2 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
Appearances
142
+66.8 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
172
+38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Contributions
168
+34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 152 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
4 of 5 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 89 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Tax
62 of 111 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API