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Brian Mathew vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 114 shared comparable votes.

94 same votes 20 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
3 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 15 No
Tax 90% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 93% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
196
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
192
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
13
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

81
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 649
91
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Contributions
130
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
4
3 registered categories
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

#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API