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Wera Hobhouse vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 917 shared comparable votes.

879 same votes 38 different votes 917 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
96 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 164 shared votes
96 Aye 68 No
26 Aye 58 No
Migration 100% aligned 84 shared votes
26 Aye 58 No
22 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
34 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 61% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 3 No
Education 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 9 No
Energy 88% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
68 Aye 46 No
Tax 94% aligned 114 shared votes
69 Aye 45 No
30 Aye 33 No
Trade 95% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

74.0 %
1 % above average
Rank 348 of 648
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
1,522
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
821
53.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
701
46.1 % 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
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

121
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
157
+49.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
5
3 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

#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Trade
69 of 84 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API