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Kirsty Blackman vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 447 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 79 different votes 447 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
11 Aye 13 No
Trade 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
64 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 92 shared votes
67 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Defence 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 7 No
Energy 44% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 4 No
Benefits 50% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 64% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
56 Aye 32 No
Tax 74% aligned 88 shared votes
53 Aye 35 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

89
+6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
130
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
Contributions
7
-136.3 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API