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Joe Powell vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Joe Powell and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 129 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 77 different votes 129 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
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 67% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 43% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 16 No
Tax 15% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 318 of 650
Participation
56.0 %
17 % below average
Rank 603 of 650
422
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,316
2,349 eligible divisions
198
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
751
57.1 % of votes cast
224
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
565
42.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

69
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
Appearances
90
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
99
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Contributions
207
+81.2 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£214,410
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£214,410
5 % below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
5
4 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

Defence
33 of 33 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 89 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Transport
26 of 29 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 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