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Blair McDougall vs Bob Blackman

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

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Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Bob Blackman voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 315 different votes 335 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
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
217
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
210
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
14
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 649
Contributions
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£186,207
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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