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Chris Elmore vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,014 shared comparable votes.

925 same votes 89 different votes 1,014 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
28 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 10 No
Energy 73% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 19 No
Benefits 80% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
100 Aye 46 No
Tax 83% aligned 146 shared votes
91 Aye 55 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 86% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

78.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 248 of 648
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
1,773
2,261 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
981
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
792
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
10 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

20
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
69
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 648
Contributions
208
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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

Housing
58 of 61 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Migration
149 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 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