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Richard Baker vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Richard Baker and Bob Blackman voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 306 different votes 326 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
37 Aye 51 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 329 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
438
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
211
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
227
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
13
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
69
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 649
Contributions
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£179,133
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£179,133
21% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
6
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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