Compare

Sarah Coombes vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Coombes and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 346 different votes 354 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 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
33 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
33 Aye 51 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

81.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 176 of 650
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 51 of 650
459
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,066
2,350 eligible divisions
231
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
971
47.0 % of votes cast
228
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,095
53.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Appearances
136
+64.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
79
-48.6 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 650
Contributions
162
+34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£164,149
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£164,149
27 % below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 89 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Education
44 of 49 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API