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Kirsty Blackman vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 978 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 903 different votes 978 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
93 Aye 60 No
Tax 22% aligned 153 shared votes
55 Aye 98 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 10 No
Energy 12% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 13 No
Transport 9% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
757
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
571
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

89
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 649
130
-12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 649
Contributions
66
-76.2 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
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
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API