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Kirsty Blackman vs Heidi Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

256 same votes 59 different votes 315 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
50 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
50 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 0 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 2 No
Education 93% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 91% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 89% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Defence 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 46% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 6 No
Benefits 55% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 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
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 539 of 650
1,333
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
392
620 eligible divisions
761
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
185
47.2% of votes cast
572
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
207
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

104
+11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
Appearances
69
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
152
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Contributions
546
+384.0 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 30 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
8 of 10 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