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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.

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,149 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,099 different votes 1,149 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
25 Aye 30 No
Trade 7% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 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
23 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

54.1 %
19 % below average
Rank 610 of 647
Participation
88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 55 of 647
1,257
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,046
2,323 eligible divisions
725
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
959
46.9 % of votes cast
532
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,087
53.1 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 647
Appearances
127
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 647
640
+526.2 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 647
Contributions
151
+37.2 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 647

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
10
6 registered categories
4
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
Trade
58 of 88 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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