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Afzal Khan vs Kirsty Blackman

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

Photograph of Afzal Khan
Afzal Khan
Lab Manchester Rusholme
vs
Photograph of Kirsty Blackman
Kirsty Blackman
SNP Aberdeen North

Voting alignment

Afzal Khan and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 913 shared comparable votes.

842 same votes 71 different votes 913 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
90 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
90 Aye 65 No
26 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 63 shared votes
26 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 8 No
Energy 76% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
87 Aye 36 No
Tax 76% aligned 123 shared votes
88 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 20 No
Benefits 85% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 241 of 648
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
1,620
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
913
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
707
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

35
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
42
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 648
Contributions
208
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,767,463
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£247,867
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Housing
52 of 54 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 52 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
44 of 49 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
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