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Mrs Kemi Badenoch vs Kirsty Blackman

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

Photograph of Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex
vs
Photograph of Kirsty Blackman
Kirsty Blackman
SNP Aberdeen North

Voting alignment

Mrs Kemi Badenoch and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 896 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 850 different votes 896 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
40 Aye 99 No
Tax 19% aligned 139 shared votes
88 Aye 51 No
10 Aye 19 No
Energy 14% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 19 No
Benefits 3% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
67 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 106 shared votes
36 Aye 70 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
713
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Appearances
88
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 649
277
+133.5 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Contributions
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£278,687
23% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
19
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
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

Brexit / EU
167 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Trade
73 of 87 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Migration
134 of 163 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Energy
45 of 59 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Welfare 15 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part 12 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading 16 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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