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Kirsty Blackman vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 951 shared comparable votes.

885 same votes 66 different votes 951 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
27 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 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
Most different by topic
18 Aye 13 No
Energy 77% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
100 Aye 48 No
Tax 83% aligned 148 shared votes
101 Aye 47 No
23 Aye 14 No
Defence 86% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 16 No
Benefits 88% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
1,333
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,406 eligible divisions
761
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
572
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

99
+9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Appearances
55
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
142
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
Contributions
91
-65.6 vs Commons average
Rank 395 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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 212 votes
#1
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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