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Wera Hobhouse vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Bob Blackman voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 1,399 shared comparable votes.

273 same votes 1,126 different votes 1,399 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
22 Aye 21 No
Education 60% aligned 43 shared votes
11 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 49% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
83 Aye 76 No
Tax 43% aligned 159 shared votes
53 Aye 106 No
13 Aye 40 No
Devolution / Local Government 34% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 26 No
Defence 30% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 88 No
Migration 0% aligned 113 shared votes
88 Aye 25 No
100 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 170 shared votes
67 Aye 103 No
18 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
40 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 62 shared votes
19 Aye 43 No

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

Voting record

73.1%
1% above average
Rank 354 of 650
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 45 of 650
1,559
2,132 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,387 eligible divisions
847
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
983
46.9% of votes cast
712
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,111
53.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

156
+70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Appearances
151
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
219
+69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
Contributions
180
+30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
12
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

#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
70 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 70 votes
#3
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
70 of 90 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 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