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Shabana Mahmood vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,156 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,106 different votes 1,156 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
24 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 30 No
Trade 7% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 7 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 9 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 79 No
Migration 0% aligned 99 shared votes
79 Aye 20 No
33 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

53.6 %
19 % below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,266
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
729
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
537
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
12
0.9 % 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

73
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
838
+699.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API