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Nigel Farage vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Bob Blackman voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 138 shared comparable votes.

133 same votes 5 different votes 138 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
15 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

30.8%
41% below average
Rank 630 of 649
Participation
87.7%
16% above average
Rank 48 of 649
179
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,077
2,368 eligible divisions
88
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
975
46.9% of votes cast
91
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,102
53.1% of votes cast
1
0.6% 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

14
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
Appearances
147
+67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
16
-123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Contributions
173
+33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
35
7 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

Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Migration
7 of 13 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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