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Kirsty Blackman vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 130 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 78 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
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 38% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 20 No
Tax 16% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 38% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 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
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.8% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

88
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 650
Appearances
88
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 650
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 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