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Richard Burgon vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 1,065 shared comparable votes.

1,001 same votes 64 different votes 1,065 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
27 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 68 shared votes
27 Aye 41 No
34 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 14 No
Energy 76% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
103 Aye 52 No
Tax 83% aligned 155 shared votes
107 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 85% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 16 No
Defence 86% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
45
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 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

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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