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Blair McDougall vs Charlotte Nichols

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

Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire
vs
Photograph of Charlotte Nichols
Charlotte Nichols
Lab Warrington North

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Charlotte Nichols voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 391 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 3 different votes 391 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
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 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 370 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 269 of 650
449
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,294
1,688 eligible divisions
225
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
660
51.0% of votes cast
224
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
634
49.0% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

72
-21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Appearances
12
-81.0 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
347
+185.0 vs Commons average
Rank 52 of 650
Contributions
14
-148.0 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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
£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£305,109
35% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
50 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Energy
43 of 48 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
55 of 63 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 66 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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