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Sarah Smith vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 100 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 63 different votes 100 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 0 No
Education 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 80% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 33% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
26 Aye 14 No
Tax 18% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 33% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

61.5 %
11 % below average
Rank 564 of 650
Participation
56.0 %
17 % below average
Rank 603 of 650
346
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,316
2,349 eligible divisions
184
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
751
57.1 % of votes cast
162
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
565
42.9 % of votes cast
13
3.8 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

50
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Appearances
90
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
67
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
207
+81.2 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Trade
4 of 5 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 89 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 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