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Rishi Sunak vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and Bob Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 961 shared comparable votes.

931 same votes 30 different votes 961 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
40 Aye 80 No
Tax 100% aligned 120 shared votes
40 Aye 80 No
40 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 81 shared votes
40 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 25 No
Transport 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 10 No
Energy 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 19 No
Education 93% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
34 Aye 27 No
Trade 93% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 11 No
Migration 94% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 5 No
Housing 94% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
57 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 167 shared votes
58 Aye 109 No

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

Voting record

41.5%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
1,005
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
454
45.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
992
46.8% of votes cast
551
54.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
4
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

51
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
Appearances
161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
63
-103.4 vs Commons average
Rank 501 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

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
9
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
167 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Trade
61 of 94 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 82 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Transport
52 of 98 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
20 of 49 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
No rebel
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
No rebel
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
No rebel
Aye
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
No rebel
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
No rebel
Aye
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4J 27 Apr 2021
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Rural communities 7 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API