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Josh Dean vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Josh Dean and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 42% of the time, based on 154 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 89 different votes 154 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 5 No
Work / Employment 81% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 75% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 1 No
Education 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
28 Aye 17 No
Tax 16% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 3 No
Defence 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 31% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

93.4%
21% above average
Rank 5 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
551
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
276
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
275
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 470 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

£169,396
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£169,396
25% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
2
2 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 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