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Kirsty Blackman vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,040 shared comparable votes.

953 same votes 87 different votes 1,040 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
34 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 13 No
Energy 69% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
108 Aye 56 No
Tax 76% aligned 164 shared votes
111 Aye 53 No
20 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 79% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 12 No
Benefits 91% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 12 No
Defence 91% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
1,333
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,406 eligible divisions
761
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.2% of votes cast
572
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Appearances
32
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650
141
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
Contributions
14
-142.0 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
91 of 96 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 96 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