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Andrew Western vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 71% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

189 same votes 76 different votes 265 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
8 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 3 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 11 No
Benefits 35% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
29 Aye 17 No
Tax 37% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 5 No
Energy 54% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 4 No
Defence 55% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
298
+152.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API