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Kirsty Blackman vs David Burton-Sampson

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 133 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 78 different votes 133 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
3 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 81% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 7 No
Migration 67% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 21 No
Tax 16% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 5 No
Benefits 31% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 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
87.3%
15% above average
Rank 58 of 649
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
590 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
268
52.0% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
247
48.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% 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
55
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 650
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650
Contributions
57
-88.7 vs Commons average
Rank 485 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
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API