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Valerie Vaz vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Bob Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,636 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,558 different votes 1,636 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
25 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
35 Aye 37 No
Trade 6% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
85 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 160 shared votes
81 Aye 79 No
21 Aye 20 No
Housing 5% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 102 No
Migration 0% aligned 138 shared votes
102 Aye 36 No
34 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
43 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 67 shared votes
24 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Contributions
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API