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Kirsty Blackman vs Alice Macdonald

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 43% of the time, based on 136 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 77 different votes 136 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
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 79% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 0 No
Education 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 0 No
Trade 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 8 No
Tax 11% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 35% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 99 of 649
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
590 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
48.8% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
256
51.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

88
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 650
Appearances
30
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 650
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650
Contributions
37
-108.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API