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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.

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Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North
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Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Mr James Frith and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 696 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 665 different votes 696 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
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 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
Most different by topic
80 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 125 shared votes
45 Aye 80 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
446
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
219
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
227
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
11
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

31
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649

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
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
13 of 13 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
87 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Education
46 of 50 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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