The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Derek Twigg vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Derek Twigg and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 769 shared comparable votes.

693 same votes 76 different votes 769 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 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 23 No
Trade 100% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 9 No
Energy 67% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
86 Aye 37 No
Tax 76% aligned 123 shared votes
85 Aye 38 No
6 Aye 1 No
Education 86% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 10 No
Transport 88% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
793
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
584
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
27
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
40
-105.9 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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

£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 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