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Blair McDougall vs Ruth Jones

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


Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Ruth Jones voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

394 same votes 2 different votes 396 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
22 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 28 No
Tax 99% aligned 74 shared votes
47 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 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 370 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
449
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,354
1,742 eligible divisions
225
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
704
52.0% of votes cast
224
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
650
48.0% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

72
-21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Appearances
61
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
347
+185.0 vs Commons average
Rank 52 of 650
Contributions
86
-76.0 vs Commons average
Rank 426 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Education
61 of 69 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 66 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API