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Blair McDougall vs Stuart Anderson

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

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Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire
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Photograph of Stuart Anderson
Stuart Anderson
Con South Shropshire

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 238 different votes 255 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 25 No
Tax 2% aligned 59 shared votes
24 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
Participation
76.0%
3% above average
Rank 286 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,260
1,658 eligible divisions
217
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
607
48.2% of votes cast
210
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
653
51.8% of votes cast
14
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 649
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£186,207
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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