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Mr Richard Holden vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Bob Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,247 shared comparable votes.

1,215 same votes 32 different votes 1,247 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
59 Aye 112 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
59 Aye 112 No
31 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 33 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
33 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 87% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 27 No
Trade 91% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 18 No
Housing 93% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
84 Aye 41 No
Migration 98% aligned 125 shared votes
87 Aye 38 No
12 Aye 31 No
Education 98% aligned 43 shared votes
11 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
1,357
1,704 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
663
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
992
46.8% of votes cast
694
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

68
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Appearances
161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
97
-69.4 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
8
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

Foreign Affairs
62 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
61 of 64 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Trade
50 of 56 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Housing
48 of 55 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API