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Blair McDougall vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 243 different votes 246 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
42 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
20 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
20 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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
57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
413
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
216
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
46.0 % of votes cast
197
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
727
54.0 % of votes cast
12
2.9 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

49
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
Appearances
112
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
263
+124.7 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Contributions
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Trade
66 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API