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Rebecca Smith vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 42% of the time, based on 120 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 70 different votes 120 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 5 No
Energy 88% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 19 No
Tax 82% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 3 No
Defence 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 15% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
416
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
196
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
220
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Appearances
88
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 650
268
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
Contributions
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£213,132
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Tax
88 of 112 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