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Liz Kendall vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 952 shared comparable votes.

886 same votes 66 different votes 952 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
25 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
34 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 8 No
Energy 73% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 22 No
Benefits 76% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
94 Aye 43 No
Tax 87% aligned 137 shared votes
96 Aye 41 No
17 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

65.4 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 648
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
1,513
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
866
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
647
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

40
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
360
+252.1 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 648
Contributions
208
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
35 of 45 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

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