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Blair McDougall vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 392 shared comparable votes.

384 same votes 8 different votes 392 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
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

73.1%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 650
464
635 eligible divisions
Total votes
529
635 eligible divisions
236
50.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
49.5% of votes cast
228
49.1% of votes cast
No votes
267
50.5% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
7
-89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
345
+177.8 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650
Contributions
7
-160.2 vs Commons average
Rank 628 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Housing
28 of 33 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Transport
26 of 32 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API