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Blair McDougall vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

325 same votes 4 different votes 329 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
54 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
6 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
6 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
54 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
6 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
6 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

72.9%
1% above average
Rank 358 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
460
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
233
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
227
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
345
+180.4 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Transport
26 of 32 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API