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Bob Blackman vs Jayne Kirkham

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 340 different votes 346 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
34 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
51 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
51 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 53 of 648
Participation
82.1 %
9 % above average
Rank 169 of 648
2,040
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
432
526 eligible divisions
954
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
52.1 % of votes cast
1,086
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
207
47.9 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

125
+64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 648
Appearances
118
+57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 648
149
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 648
Contributions
143
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Trade
84 of 88 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Transport
80 of 87 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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