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Rachel Taylor vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Taylor 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
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 81% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Education 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 67% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
27 Aye 12 No
Tax 21% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 31% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

124
+40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
184
+38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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

£240,723
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£240,723
6% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
9
4 registered categories
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API