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Kirsty Blackman vs Ms Diane Abbott

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Ms Diane Abbott voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 909 shared comparable votes.

862 same votes 47 different votes 909 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
36 Aye 57 No
Migration 100% aligned 93 shared votes
36 Aye 57 No
28 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 67 shared votes
28 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 77% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
98 Aye 46 No
Tax 85% aligned 144 shared votes
97 Aye 47 No
23 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 12 No
Defence 91% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 2 No
Education 93% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 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
64.1%
9% below average
Rank 531 of 649
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
850
55.8% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
673
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
33
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987

Debates

88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
Appearances
22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 576 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
£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£270,312
20% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API