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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 111 shared comparable votes.

96 same votes 15 different votes 111 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
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 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
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
17 Aye 21 No
Tax 84% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
342
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
191
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
151
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

112
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
148
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 211 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

£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
41
5 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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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