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Blair McDougall vs Steve Reed

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


Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Steve Reed voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

237 same votes 6 different votes 243 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
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 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 349 of 650
Participation
61.9%
10% below average
Rank 554 of 650
465
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,499
2,422 eligible divisions
236
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
58.1% of votes cast
229
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
628
41.9% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

71
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 650
Appearances
46
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
346
+178.9 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650
Contributions
410
+242.9 vs Commons average
Rank 40 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
Housing
28 of 33 votes
#4
Trade
70 of 94 votes
Benefits
26 of 32 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API