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Blair McDougall vs James Cartlidge

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 James Cartlidge
James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and James Cartlidge voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 295 different votes 299 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
47 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
30 Aye 47 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
30 Aye 47 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.1 %
1 % below average
Rank 381 of 650
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 69 of 650
406
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,030
2,349 eligible divisions
210
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
970
47.8 % of votes cast
196
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,060
52.2 % of votes cast
12
3.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

39
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 650
Appearances
65
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
208
+82.2 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Contributions
163
+37.2 vs Commons average
Rank 143 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
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 37 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API