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Kirsty Blackman vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,016 shared comparable votes.

931 same votes 85 different votes 1,016 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
106 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 178 shared votes
106 Aye 72 No
34 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
34 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 13 No
Energy 70% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
30 Aye 16 No
Benefits 76% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
99 Aye 48 No
Tax 80% aligned 147 shared votes
101 Aye 46 No
17 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 84% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

56.0%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
Participation
76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
1,328
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,808
2,372 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.6% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
784
43.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

91
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 649
Appearances
44
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 649
164
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
Contributions
41
-99.5 vs Commons average
Rank 533 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Housing
58 of 66 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