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Kirsty Blackman vs Catherine McKinnell

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 954 shared comparable votes.

876 same votes 78 different votes 954 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
98 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
98 Aye 67 No
24 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 62 shared votes
24 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 11 No
Energy 75% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
104 Aye 48 No
Tax 80% aligned 152 shared votes
103 Aye 49 No
26 Aye 17 No
Benefits 81% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 83% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 11 No
Defence 84% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

56.0%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
Participation
68.3%
4% below average
Rank 462 of 649
1,328
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,372 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
54.8% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
732
45.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

91
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 649
Appearances
20
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
164
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
Contributions
20
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
4 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 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Housing
53 of 66 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
55 of 71 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