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Blair McDougall vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Jesse Norman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 269 different votes 279 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
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Defence 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
27 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
27 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
217
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
210
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
14
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Appearances
52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
307
+161.3 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650
Contributions
101
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 335 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Trade
87 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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