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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 85 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 51 different votes 85 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
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 72% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 27% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 7 No
Tax 23% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 27% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

45.8 %
27 % below average
Rank 627 of 650
Participation
56.0 %
17 % below average
Rank 603 of 650
258
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,316
2,349 eligible divisions
114
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
751
57.1 % of votes cast
144
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
565
42.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

40
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Appearances
90
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
175
+49.2 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 650
Contributions
207
+81.2 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59 % below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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 5 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 89 votes
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Defence
20 of 33 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Tax
62 of 111 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

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