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Rachel Blake vs Catherine McKinnell

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

375 same votes 11 different votes 386 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
44 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
44 Aye 37 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
44 Aye 37 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

83.6%
11% above average
Rank 117 of 650
Participation
68.7%
4% below average
Rank 444 of 650
532
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,664
2,422 eligible divisions
275
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
911
54.7% of votes cast
257
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
753
45.3% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

87
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
Appearances
49
-48.0 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 650
120
-49.2 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
Contributions
198
+28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24% below average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Work / Employment
66 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
54 of 68 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API