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Edward Argar vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,217 shared comparable votes.

84 same votes 1,133 different votes 1,217 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
65 Aye 131 No
Tax 20% aligned 196 shared votes
123 Aye 73 No
16 Aye 22 No
Energy 18% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 22 No
Transport 8% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 22 No
Defence 8% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 6 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
Appearances
88
+6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
129
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
129
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
209 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API