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Blair McDougall vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 423 shared comparable votes.

409 same votes 14 different votes 423 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
57 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
57 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
57 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.1%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
465
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
641
805 eligible divisions
236
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
329
51.3% of votes cast
229
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
312
48.7% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

72
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
94
-2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
347
+178.8 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
Contributions
104
-64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£186,207
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Benefits
33 of 33 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Housing
28 of 33 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Benefits
26 of 32 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API