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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.


Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 237 different votes 240 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
15 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 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
15 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 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

72.1 %
1 % below average
Rank 381 of 650
Participation
57.0 %
16 % below average
Rank 597 of 650
406
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,338
2,349 eligible divisions
210
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
617
46.1 % of votes cast
196
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
721
53.9 % of votes cast
12
3.0 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

39
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 650
Appearances
95
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 650
208
+82.2 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Contributions
70
-55.8 vs Commons average
Rank 401 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
5
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
55 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 37 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
64 of 89 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API