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Sarah Jones vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Sarah Jones and Bob Blackman voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,262 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,218 different votes 1,262 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
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 8 No
Housing 8% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 6% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

66.9 %
6 % below average
Rank 481 of 649
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 48 of 649
1,405
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,070
2,354 eligible divisions
783
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
47.0 % of votes cast
622
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,098
53.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
+2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
Appearances
142
+66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
440
+306.7 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
Contributions
168
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£279,929
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
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

Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Migration
134 of 161 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 89 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
66 of 85 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 27 Feb 2024
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API