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Oliver Ryan vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Oliver Ryan
Oliver Ryan
Lab Burnley
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Oliver Ryan and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 358 different votes 365 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
53 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
38 Aye 53 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
38 Aye 53 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 166 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
470
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
225
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
245
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
48
-90.3 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 650
Contributions
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£234,505
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£234,505
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
1
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
10 of 10 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Transport
27 of 29 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Tax
99 of 111 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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