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Blair McDougall vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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


Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 60% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

208 same votes 140 different votes 348 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
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 5 No
Energy 86% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
36 Aye 22 No
Tax 76% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 44% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 50% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 8 No
Benefits 56% aligned 18 shared votes
10 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 369 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
437
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
604 eligible divisions
223
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
270
56.2% of votes cast
214
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
210
43.8% of votes cast
14
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Appearances
244
+157.1 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650
350
+198.6 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650
Contributions
359
+207.6 vs Commons average
Rank 49 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 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
Housing
31 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API