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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.


Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 231 different votes 234 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
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 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

72.4%
same as average
Rank 369 of 650
Participation
77.6%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 650
437
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,855
2,390 eligible divisions
223
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
48.4% of votes cast
214
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
958
51.6% of votes cast
14
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

67
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Appearances
29
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 650
350
+198.6 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650
Contributions
47
-104.4 vs Commons average
Rank 526 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
27
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 94 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API