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Bob Blackman

Conservative Harrow East

Voting record

1
Voted for
7
Voted against
1
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Bob Blackman’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Bob Blackman — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 2,084 of 2,376 (88%).

11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 No
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Ayes 411, Noes 102 No
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Ayes 332, Noes 94 No
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading Ayes 278, Noes 149 No
27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion Ayes 279, Noes 176 No
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Bob Blackman — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Bob Blackman →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Mr Siavosh Rajabi
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Estimated 11,000 2nd class stamps, value £10,000
Date received: 13 March 2026
Date accepted: 13 March 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 30 March 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Ascot
Address of donor: High Street, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7JX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: QIPCO British Champions Day invite to Ascot for me and my spouse, value £550
Date received: 5 September 2025
Date accepted: 18 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 04320977
(Registered 3 November 2025)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Dreamax Healthcare Private Limited
Address of donor: 22, Satya Vihar, Lalkothi, Jaipur (Raj.)-302015
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Trip to India: flights, accommodation, meals, car & driver, value £11,000
Destination of visit: India
Dates of visit: 2 January 2026 to 6 January 2026
Purpose of visit: Speaking at a conference in the Constitutional Club in Jaipur about improving UK-India relations in general and UK-Rajasthan relations in particular. 1:1 meetings with the Deputy Chief Minister; the Speaker of the Assembly; and meetings with members of the State Assembly on a cross-party basis and government officials.
(Registered 28 January 2026)

Health & social care

Name of donor: Alliance for Public Awareness
Address of donor: Union House, 111 New Union Street, Coventry, CV1 2NT
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation, sustenance and travel costs for myself and four staff, value £3,234
Destination of visit: France (Paris)
Dates of visit: 20 June 2026 to 22 June 2026
Purpose of visit: Attending the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) Conference.
(Registered 30 June 2026)

Name of donor: ADA University
Address of donor: Ahmadbey Aghoghlu str. 61 Baku, Azerbaijan, AZ1008
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation, sustenance and travel costs for myself and one staff member, value £4,500
Destination of visit: Azerbaijan (Baku)
Dates of visit: 11 July 2026 to 14 July 2026
Purpose of visit: To speak at the ADA University Baku Summer School conference.
(Registered 27 July 2026)

Education
6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (buy-to-let properties)
Number of properties: 6
Location: Welwyn Garden City
Ownership details: Owned jointly with my wife
Rental income: Yes

Housing
8. Miscellaneous

Director of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 4 July 2018
(Registered 24 August 2023)

Employment & business

A Member of the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 30 November 2022
(Registered 17 November 2023)

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Name: Nicola Blackman
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Office Manager
Working pattern: Full time

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Bob Blackman yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Bob Blackman has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£333,471.10 paid out to or for Bob Blackman across 223 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Bob Blackman’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £268,549.01 (3 claims)
Office Costs — £63,093.94 (214 claims)
MP Travel — £1,289.55 (4 claims)
Staff Travel — £538.60 (2 claims)
Most recent claims
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £150.96, 2026-03-30 — Landline & internet package
Stationery & printing — £316.92, 2026-03-24 — WWW.TONERGIANT.CO.UK [200013613-7731]
Postage & couriers — £119.88, 2026-03-23 — Annual return post licence [200013630-35]
Mobile telephone - contract & usage — £58.12, 2026-03-23 — Mobile phone rental, usage and insurance
Software & applications — £119.97, 2026-03-18 — INTUIT LTD MAILCHIMP [200013613-15309]
Postage & couriers — £51.00, 2026-03-13 — Postage
Mobile telephone - contract & usage — £51.80, 2026-03-13 — Mobile phone usage, rental and insurance
Utilities — £139.56, 2026-03-12 — Dual Fuel

Every claim on file for Bob Blackman →

Early Day Motions

Bob Blackman has tabled 6 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 60 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Bob Blackman personally tabled — not motions Bob Blackman may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
National Cholesterol Month — tabled 2026-09-15, 1 sponsor
International student levy — tabled 2026-09-01, 4 sponsors
England’s long-term water security — tabled 2026-06-04, 5 sponsors
110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme — tabled 2026-06-02, 46 sponsors
First anniversary of Pahalgam attack — tabled 2026-04-22, 2 sponsors
Democracy in Iran — tabled 2026-04-20, 2 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Bob Blackman is a listed officer of 6 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for British Hindus — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Crisis (£24,001-25,500); Crisis (£1,501-3,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Azerbaijan — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fire Safety and Rescue — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (£3,001-4,500); Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (£3,001-4,500); Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (£3,001-4,500); Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (£3,001-4,500).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on UK-Israel — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Cedarsoak Ltd (£16,501-18,000); Cedarsoak Ltd (£85,501-87,000).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Cedarsoak Ltd — about £103,501.00 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on UK-Israel).

Cedarsoak Ltd — about £103,501.00, 1 group
Crisis — about £27,001.00, 1 group
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) — about £15,002.00, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Bob Blackman personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Bob Blackman is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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