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Richard Burgon vs Bob Blackman

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

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Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East
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Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Bob Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,704 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,624 different votes 1,704 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
27 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
47 Aye 26 No
Education 5% aligned 73 shared votes
24 Aye 49 No
39 Aye 38 No
Trade 5% aligned 77 shared votes
36 Aye 41 No
37 Aye 20 No
Benefits 4% aligned 57 shared votes
18 Aye 39 No
12 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 103 No
Migration 0% aligned 138 shared votes
103 Aye 35 No
34 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
40 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
45
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 341 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

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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