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Mr James Frith vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Mr James Frith and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 681 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 653 different votes 681 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 5 No
NHS / Health 22% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 8 No
Migration 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
69 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 107 shared votes
36 Aye 71 No
Most different by topic
80 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 125 shared votes
45 Aye 80 No
27 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

75.5 %
3 % above average
Rank 303 of 650
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 650
425
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,065
2,349 eligible divisions
211
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
971
47.0 % of votes cast
214
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,094
53.0 % of votes cast
9
2.1 % 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

28
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 650
Appearances
135
+64.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
39
-86.8 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 650
Contributions
161
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£817,882
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£210,945
7 % below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 89 votes
Education
45 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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