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Kirsty Blackman vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Ian Roome voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 107 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 24 different votes 107 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 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 93% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 0 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Energy 57% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 11 No
Tax 78% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 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
54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
320
590 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
178
55.6% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
142
44.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

88
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 649
Appearances
90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Contributions
116
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 281 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% below 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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Education
35 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API