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Bill Esterson vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 993 shared comparable votes.

895 same votes 98 different votes 993 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
33 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 45 shared votes
33 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 10 No
Energy 73% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 73% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 22 No
Benefits 77% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
108 Aye 44 No
Tax 80% aligned 152 shared votes
99 Aye 53 No
22 Aye 15 No
Defence 86% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
744
44.1% 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
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 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

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 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