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Kirsty Blackman vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 130 shared comparable votes.

105 same votes 25 different votes 130 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
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 93% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 35% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 4 No
Energy 57% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 21 No
Tax 83% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

89
+6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 649
Appearances
177
+94.8 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
130
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
Contributions
221
+77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API