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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 959 shared comparable votes.

881 same votes 78 different votes 959 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

55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
Participation
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 650
1,333
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,648
2,406 eligible divisions
761
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
54.6% of votes cast
572
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
748
45.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650
Appearances
41
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 650
141
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
Contributions
95
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 384 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
£2,918,801
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 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#2
Work / Employment
66 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 94 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