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Kirsty Blackman vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 951 shared comparable votes.

873 same votes 78 different votes 951 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
27 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 8 No
Energy 65% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
29 Aye 17 No
Benefits 76% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
98 Aye 47 No
Tax 79% aligned 145 shared votes
100 Aye 45 No
15 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 89% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 489 of 649
1,328
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,578
2,372 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
895
56.7% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
683
43.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

91
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 649
Appearances
40
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 649
164
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
Contributions
45
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 522 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 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