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Tony Vaughan vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Tony Vaughan
Tony Vaughan
Lab Folkestone and Hythe
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Tony Vaughan and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 341 different votes 349 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
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
53 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
32 Aye 53 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
32 Aye 53 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

81.0 %
8 % above average
Rank 184 of 650
Participation
88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 47 of 650
452
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,065
2,344 eligible divisions
228
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
971
47.0 % of votes cast
224
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,094
53.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

43
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
Appearances
135
+65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 650
67
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Contributions
159
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£231,055
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£231,055
2 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
9
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 89 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 70 votes
Energy
16 of 17 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API