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Blair McDougall vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 278 different votes 293 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
27 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
27 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
217
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
210
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
14
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Appearances
126
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
307
+161.1 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 649
Contributions
193
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£186,207
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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