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Paul Holmes vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Bob Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,307 shared comparable votes.

1,273 same votes 34 different votes 1,307 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
59 Aye 105 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
59 Aye 105 No
74 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
74 Aye 74 No
34 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 57 shared votes
22 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 85% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 28 No
Trade 92% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 18 No
Housing 94% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 95% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
100 Aye 35 No
Migration 99% aligned 135 shared votes
102 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
13% above average
Rank 91 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
1,449
1,704 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
720
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
992
46.8% of votes cast
729
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

116
+20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 650
Appearances
161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
330
+163.6 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
Contributions
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API