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Kirsty Blackman vs Derek Twigg

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Derek Twigg voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 769 shared comparable votes.

693 same votes 76 different votes 769 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
28 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 23 No
Trade 100% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 9 No
Energy 67% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
85 Aye 38 No
Tax 76% aligned 123 shared votes
86 Aye 37 No
7 Aye 0 No
Education 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 9 No
Transport 88% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 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
57.9%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
1,328
2,374 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,375
2,374 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.7% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
582
42.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

90
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 649
Appearances
51
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
148
+5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
38
-104.2 vs Commons average
Rank 549 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 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