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Kirsty Blackman vs Paula Barker
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Kirsty Blackman and Paula Barker voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 650 shared comparable votes.
575 same votes
75 different votes
650 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
55.9%
17% below average
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% 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
Appearances
78
-3.7 vs Commons average
130
-12.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API