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Kirsty Blackman vs Shivani Raja

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

Photograph of Kirsty Blackman
Kirsty Blackman
SNP Aberdeen North
vs
Photograph of Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Shivani Raja voted the same way 45% of the time, based on 110 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 60 different votes 110 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
3 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Defence 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 19 No
Tax 79% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 15% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
Participation
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
Appearances
16
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Contributions
18
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 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
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
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