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Ben Maguire vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Ben Maguire and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 114 shared comparable votes.

91 same votes 23 different votes 114 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
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 92% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Transport 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 12 No
Tax 84% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
356
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
194
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
162
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
114
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 298 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

£178,125
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£178,125
21% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
6
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API