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Kirsty Blackman vs Ben Goldsborough

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 44% of the time, based on 144 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 81 different votes 144 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 6 No
Work / Employment 82% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 0 No
Education 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 71% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 0 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 18 No
Tax 17% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 31% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 88 of 649
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
503
590 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
49.5% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
254
50.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% 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
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650
Contributions
101
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 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
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
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
Housing
31 of 32 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