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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 1,021 shared comparable votes.

936 same votes 85 different votes 1,021 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

55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 650
1,333
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,839
2,406 eligible divisions
761
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,036
56.3% of votes cast
572
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
803
43.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Appearances
48
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
141
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
Contributions
45
-111.0 vs Commons average
Rank 538 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
£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 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Trade
83 of 94 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Housing
59 of 67 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