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Dr Sam Rushworth vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Dr Sam Rushworth and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 42% of the time, based on 125 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 72 different votes 125 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
11 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Education 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 67% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 2 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 15 No
Tax 18% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

71.9%
1% below average
Rank 381 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
424
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
213
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
211
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
16
3.8% 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

69
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649
Appearances
89
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
146
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 649
Contributions
130
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£212,044
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£212,044
6% 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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 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