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John McDonnell vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 1,068 shared comparable votes.

988 same votes 80 different votes 1,068 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
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 14 No
Energy 76% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
112 Aye 50 No
Tax 79% aligned 162 shared votes
108 Aye 54 No
23 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 85% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 86% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 4 No
Education 88% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
7
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API