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Blair McDougall vs Michael Shanks

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 Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

290 same votes 0 different votes 290 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
37 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
37 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
37 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 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 372 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
217
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
210
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
14
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
307
+161.3 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650
Contributions
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API