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Chris McDonald vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Chris McDonald and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 134 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 83 different votes 134 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
16 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 76% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Education 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
26 Aye 11 No
Tax 16% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 3 No
Defence 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 27% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
457
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
223
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
234
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
12
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
406
+260.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 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

£217,932
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
6
4 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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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