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Stephen Doughty vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Bob Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,419 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,344 different votes 1,419 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
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 11 No
Housing 7% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
69 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 133 shared votes
71 Aye 62 No
20 Aye 12 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 6% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 81 No
Migration 0% aligned 116 shared votes
81 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
33 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
11 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

66.8 %
6 % below average
Rank 483 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,577
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
905
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
672
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

82
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
375
+236.7 vs Commons average
Rank 40 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

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
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