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Rachel Hopkins vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 683 shared comparable votes.

591 same votes 92 different votes 683 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
20 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
73 Aye 27 No
Tax 64% aligned 100 shared votes
67 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 5 No
Energy 68% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 22 No
Benefits 73% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 76% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 1 No
Education 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

84.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 118 of 648
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
1,346
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
724
53.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
622
46.2 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % 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

73
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 273 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

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
2
2 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

Housing
52 of 53 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Education
64 of 68 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Migration
141 of 152 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 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