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Jim Allister vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Jim Allister and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 59% of the time, based on 126 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 52 different votes 126 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
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Defence 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 27 No
Tax 82% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 35% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 431 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
413
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
203
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
210
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

195
+111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
255
+109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 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

£209,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£209,116
8% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
3
2 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API