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Sarah Russell vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 395 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 389 different votes 395 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
26 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
35 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
35 Aye 49 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

82.6%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
512
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,104
2,406 eligible divisions
258
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
988
47.0% of votes cast
254
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,116
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

99
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
Appearances
160
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
144
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650
Contributions
191
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
2
2 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

#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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