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Mike Martin vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 100 shared comparable votes.

86 same votes 14 different votes 100 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
6 Aye 3 No
Benefits 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 40% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 21 No
Tax 83% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 3 No
Benefits 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

58.8 %
14 % below average
Rank 584 of 650
Participation
56.1 %
17 % below average
Rank 600 of 650
326
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,340 eligible divisions
181
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
145
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Appearances
93
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
103
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
Contributions
211
+91.4 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27 % below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
44
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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

Trade
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Education
41 of 49 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

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