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Ruth Cadbury vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,579 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,519 different votes 1,579 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
22 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 36 No
Trade 7% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 6% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 88 No
Migration 0% aligned 124 shared votes
88 Aye 36 No
36 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
23 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,781
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
990
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
791
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
1
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
59 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Education
78 of 96 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