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Kirsty Blackman vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and James Murray voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 668 shared comparable votes.

585 same votes 83 different votes 668 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 37 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 60 shared votes
23 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 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
67 Aye 33 No
Tax 63% aligned 100 shared votes
72 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 10 No
Energy 71% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 16 No
Benefits 78% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 81% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

89
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
130
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Contributions
757
+614.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
42 of 44 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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