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Sir Roger Gale vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Bob Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,312 shared comparable votes.

1,269 same votes 43 different votes 1,312 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
75 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 132 shared votes
75 Aye 57 No
33 Aye 40 No
Transport 100% aligned 73 shared votes
33 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 29 No
Benefits 100% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 88% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 90% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 35 No
Trade 91% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
52 Aye 85 No
Brexit / EU 91% aligned 137 shared votes
54 Aye 83 No
18 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 97% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
15% below average
Rank 594 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
1,382
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
638
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
992
46.8% of votes cast
744
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
43 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

139
+43.4 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Appearances
161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
123
-43.4 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Contributions
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
4
4 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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Transport
74 of 98 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Housing
49 of 68 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API