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Blair McDougall vs Sir Mel Stride

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 Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 223 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 221 different votes 223 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.8 %
1 % below average
Rank 384 of 649
Participation
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
413
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
216
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
48.4 % of votes cast
197
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
951
51.6 % of votes cast
12
2.9 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

49
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
Appearances
28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
263
+124.7 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Contributions
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
20
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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