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Kirsty Blackman vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Ian Lavery voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,012 shared comparable votes.

931 same votes 81 different votes 1,012 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
23 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 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
16 Aye 9 No
Energy 72% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 76% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
109 Aye 48 No
Tax 80% aligned 157 shared votes
107 Aye 50 No
23 Aye 14 No
Defence 86% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 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
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 274 of 650
1,333
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,406 eligible divisions
761
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
55.2% of votes cast
572
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
825
44.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Appearances
98
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
141
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
Contributions
121
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 304 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

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