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Paul Holmes vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 727 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 665 different votes 727 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
35 Aye 74 No
Tax 33% aligned 109 shared votes
70 Aye 39 No
11 Aye 15 No
Energy 27% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 18% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
2 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

114
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649
Appearances
89
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
395
+252.7 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 649
Contributions
130
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API