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Kirsty Blackman vs Sir Julian Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Kirsty Blackman and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,030 shared comparable votes.
73 same votes
957 different votes
1,030 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
55.9%
17% below average
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
88
+6.2 vs Commons average
Appearances
97
+15.2 vs Commons average
129
-13.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
115
-27.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API