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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 97% of the time, based on 146 shared comparable votes.

141 same votes 5 different votes 146 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 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 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 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

34.1%
38% below average
Rank 637 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
15
44 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,103
2,405 eligible divisions
5
33.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
988
47.0% of votes cast
10
66.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,115
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

16
-72.8 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
Appearances
155
+66.2 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
18
-136.6 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Contributions
184
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650

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
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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Trade
3 of 3 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Work / Employment
3 of 3 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 13 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
0 of 4 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API