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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 980 shared comparable votes.

907 same votes 73 different votes 980 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
30 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 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
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 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
13 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 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
68.4%
4% below average
Rank 452 of 650
1,333
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,646
2,405 eligible divisions
761
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
918
55.8% of votes cast
572
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
728
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

99
+9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Appearances
71
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
142
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
Contributions
343
+186.4 vs Commons average
Rank 52 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
1
1 registered category
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 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Migration
135 of 171 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