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Blair McDougall vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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 Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 248 different votes 251 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
9 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
35 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
24 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
24 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

74.9 %
2 % above average
Rank 319 of 647
Participation
70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 424 of 647
403
538 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,324 eligible divisions
208
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
758
46.3 % of votes cast
195
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
879
53.7 % of votes cast
12
3.0 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

36
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 647
Appearances
45
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 647
194
+78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 647
Contributions
55
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£186,207
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
197 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
23 of 25 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Energy
15 of 17 votes
#4
Transport
74 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 37 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
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