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Blair McDougall vs David Davis

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 David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and David Davis voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 205 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 201 different votes 205 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 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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 369 of 650
Participation
64.6%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 650
437
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,544
2,390 eligible divisions
223
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
723
46.8% of votes cast
214
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
821
53.2% of votes cast
14
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
18 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

67
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Appearances
51
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
350
+198.6 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650
Contributions
81
-70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 416 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
198 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 94 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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