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Matt Bishop vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 105 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 65 different votes 105 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
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 5 No
Migration 80% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Education 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 70% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
26 Aye 9 No
Tax 20% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API