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Rushanara Ali vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,608 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,542 different votes 1,608 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
19 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
42 Aye 35 No
Trade 9% aligned 77 shared votes
36 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 20 No
Housing 5% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 14 No
Energy 4% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 16 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
14 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 73 shared votes
19 Aye 54 No
34 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
44 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 66 shared votes
22 Aye 44 No
30 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

76.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,802
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
1,023
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
779
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

39
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
36
-102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 650
Contributions
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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