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Blair McDougall vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

324 same votes 0 different votes 324 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
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
37 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
37 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
217
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
210
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
14
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Appearances
69
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
307
+161.3 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650
Contributions
84
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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