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Blair McDougall vs Victoria Atkins

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 Victoria Atkins
Victoria Atkins
Con Louth and Horncastle

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Victoria Atkins voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 277 different votes 281 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
48 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
31 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
31 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 2 No
Benefits 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 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 369 of 650
Participation
81.0%
9% above average
Rank 176 of 650
437
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,936
2,390 eligible divisions
223
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
937
48.4% of votes cast
214
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
999
51.6% of votes cast
14
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

67
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Appearances
23
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
350
+198.6 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650
Contributions
35
-116.4 vs Commons average
Rank 572 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
£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£241,610
7% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
204 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 70 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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