Compare

Laura Kyrke-Smith vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Laura Kyrke-Smith
Laura Kyrke-Smith
Lab Aylesbury
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Laura Kyrke-Smith and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 408 different votes 416 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
2 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
48 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
36 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
36 Aye 48 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
5 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 43 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
544
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,104
2,406 eligible divisions
270
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
988
47.0% of votes cast
274
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,116
53.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
Appearances
157
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
129
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Contributions
187
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£198,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£198,951
12% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API