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Sir John Whittingdale vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Bob Blackman voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,822 shared comparable votes.

1,785 same votes 37 different votes 1,822 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
92 Aye 133 No
Tax 100% aligned 225 shared votes
92 Aye 133 No
41 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 74 shared votes
41 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 62 shared votes
24 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 36 No
Benefits 100% aligned 57 shared votes
21 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 24 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 14 No
Housing 94% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
36 Aye 46 No
Trade 95% aligned 82 shared votes
34 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 53 No
Education 97% aligned 74 shared votes
19 Aye 55 No
106 Aye 41 No
Migration 98% aligned 147 shared votes
109 Aye 38 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 191 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
1,938
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,113
2,417 eligible divisions
929
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
990
46.9% of votes cast
1,009
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,123
53.1% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Appearances
159
+64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
121
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Contributions
189
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Defence
59 of 71 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