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Patricia Ferguson vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Patricia Ferguson and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 130 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 78 different votes 130 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
19 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 38% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
26 Aye 11 No
Tax 16% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 3 No
Defence 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 38% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
461
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
234
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
227
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
18
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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

£151,093
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£151,093
33% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 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