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Blair McDougall vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Catherine West voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

286 same votes 8 different votes 294 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
29 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 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
74.0%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 650
465
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,422 eligible divisions
236
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
54.1% of votes cast
229
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
822
45.9% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

72
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
Appearances
58
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
347
+177.8 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
Contributions
69
-100.2 vs Commons average
Rank 486 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Housing
28 of 33 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Benefits
26 of 32 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API