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Steve Darling vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Bob Blackman voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

235 same votes 64 different votes 299 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
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
30 Aye 42 No
Tax 97% aligned 72 shared votes
28 Aye 44 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 93% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 86% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 7 No
Housing 46% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

137
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Appearances
149
+67.2 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
163
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Contributions
176
+33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API