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Pam Cox vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Pam Cox
Pam Cox
Lab Colchester
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Pam Cox and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 371 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 364 different votes 371 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 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
57 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
35 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
35 Aye 57 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

85.9 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 647
Participation
88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 647
470
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,055
2,333 eligible divisions
236
50.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
966
47.0 % of votes cast
234
49.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,089
53.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % 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

47
-19.2 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
Appearances
130
+63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 650
62
-55.8 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Contributions
153
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£158,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£158,740
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
2
2 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

Transport
25 of 25 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 64 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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