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Blair McDougall vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

282 same votes 10 different votes 292 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
43 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
43 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
43 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.1%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 650
465
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,422 eligible divisions
236
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
909
56.5% of votes cast
229
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
701
43.5% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

72
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
Appearances
52
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
347
+177.8 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
Contributions
58
-111.2 vs Commons average
Rank 519 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Housing
28 of 33 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Benefits
26 of 32 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API