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Blair McDougall vs Gareth Bacon

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 Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 335 different votes 345 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
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
48 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
33 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
33 Aye 48 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 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 369 of 650
Participation
87.6%
15% above average
Rank 45 of 650
437
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,464
1,672 eligible divisions
223
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
49.0% of votes cast
214
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
746
51.0% of votes cast
14
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

67
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Appearances
61
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
350
+198.6 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650
Contributions
81
-70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 414 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
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
55 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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