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Jim McMahon vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 967 shared comparable votes.

877 same votes 90 different votes 967 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
22 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
33 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
33 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 12 No
Energy 70% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 21 No
Benefits 73% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 74% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
104 Aye 52 No
Tax 81% aligned 156 shared votes
105 Aye 51 No
16 Aye 14 No
Defence 83% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
245
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 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

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 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