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Blair McDougall vs Dame Meg Hillier

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 Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

344 same votes 0 different votes 344 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
45 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
45 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
45 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
217
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
210
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
14
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Appearances
137
+53.4 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 650
307
+161.3 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650
Contributions
222
+76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API