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Blair McDougall vs Helen Grant

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 Helen Grant
Helen Grant
Con Maidstone and Malling

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Helen Grant voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 230 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 217 different votes 230 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 3 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 4 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
0 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 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 372 of 649
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
217
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
47.2% of votes cast
210
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
925
52.8% of votes cast
14
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Appearances
16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£186,207
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
204 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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