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Matt Western vs Kirsty Blackman
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Matt Western and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 914 shared comparable votes.
828 same votes
86 different votes
914 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.3%
2% above average
Participation
55.4%
17% below average
1,598
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,333
2,406 eligible divisions
889
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
761
57.1% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
572
42.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
94
+3.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
101
+10.0 vs Commons average
110
-48.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
149
-9.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API