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Kirsty Blackman vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 966 shared comparable votes.

895 same votes 71 different votes 966 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
35 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
35 Aye 68 No
25 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 12 No
Energy 69% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
27 Aye 17 No
Benefits 75% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
100 Aye 46 No
Tax 82% aligned 146 shared votes
103 Aye 43 No
11 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

56.3 %
17 % below average
Rank 598 of 647
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 467 of 647
1,313
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,588
2,333 eligible divisions
748
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
894
56.3 % of votes cast
565
43.0 % of votes cast
No votes
694
43.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
14 years, 6 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

95
+28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 647
Appearances
57
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 647
214
+95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 647
Contributions
335
+216.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Trade
78 of 88 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
#3
Defence
54 of 64 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 169 votes
Migration
133 of 169 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API