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Blair McDougall vs Chris Philp

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 Chris Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Chris Philp voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 257 different votes 260 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 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 2 No
Benefits 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

71.8 %
1 % below average
Rank 384 of 649
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 128 of 649
413
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,971
2,361 eligible divisions
216
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
952
48.3 % of votes cast
197
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,019
51.7 % of votes cast
12
2.9 % of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

49
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
Appearances
59
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
263
+124.7 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Contributions
89
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5 % below average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
5 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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Trade
82 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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