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Olivia Blake vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Olivia Blake and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 622 shared comparable votes.

558 same votes 64 different votes 622 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
18 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 24 No
Tax 66% aligned 89 shared votes
61 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 1 No
Education 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
26 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 4 No
Energy 89% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 329 of 648
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
630
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
563
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
10
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

32
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
43
-64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 648
Contributions
208
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£300,839
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Education
65 of 68 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 65 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