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Rachel Gilmour vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Gilmour and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 74 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 10 different votes 74 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
3 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 93% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 15 No
Tax 88% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 15 No
Tax 88% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 93% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

42.4 %
30 % below average
Rank 632 of 650
Participation
56.1 %
17 % below average
Rank 600 of 650
235
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,340 eligible divisions
128
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
107
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
3
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

108
+40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 650
Appearances
93
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
128
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
Contributions
211
+91.4 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,467
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£174,467
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
24 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
6 of 10 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Benefits
17 of 30 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
32 of 61 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

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