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Kirsty Blackman vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Ben Maguire voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 119 shared comparable votes.

95 same votes 24 different votes 119 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
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 92% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 0 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
21 Aye 15 No
Tax 83% aligned 36 shared votes
21 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 604 of 650
Participation
60.2%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 650
1,338
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
380
631 eligible divisions
764
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
210
55.3% of votes cast
574
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
170
44.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 650
Appearances
112
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
160
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
Contributions
126
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 309 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API