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Catherine McKinnell vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Catherine McKinnell and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 954 shared comparable votes.

876 same votes 78 different votes 954 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
98 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
98 Aye 67 No
24 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 62 shared votes
24 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 75% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
103 Aye 49 No
Tax 80% aligned 152 shared votes
104 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 19 No
Benefits 81% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 83% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 12 No
Defence 84% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

68.2%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,621
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
888
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
733
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
17
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 360 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

£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£312,180
38% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
7
4 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

Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Defence
55 of 71 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