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Steve Race vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Steve Race and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 387 different votes 394 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 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
27 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
52 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
31 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
31 Aye 52 No
27 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
505
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,080
2,372 eligible divisions
268
53.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
978
47.0% of votes cast
237
46.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,102
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

99
+18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Appearances
149
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
116
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
Contributions
175
+34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£194,803
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£194,803
14% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API