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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.

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Bob Blackman voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 132 shared comparable votes.

127 same votes 5 different votes 132 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
2 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 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

31.6 %
41 % below average
Rank 636 of 647
Participation
88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 53 of 647
170
538 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,047
2,324 eligible divisions
84
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
960
46.9 % of votes cast
86
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,087
53.1 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

16
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 647
Appearances
128
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 647
18
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 647
Contributions
152
+36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£156,380
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % 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 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Migration
7 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Defence
10 of 22 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
No
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
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