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Barry Gardiner vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 951 shared comparable votes.

885 same votes 66 different votes 951 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
27 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 10 No
Energy 77% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
101 Aye 47 No
Tax 83% aligned 148 shared votes
100 Aye 48 No
22 Aye 15 No
Defence 86% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 21 No
Benefits 88% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 347 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

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Trade
77 of 91 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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