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Brian Mathew vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Blair McDougall voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 231 different votes 278 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 18 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

65.5%
7% below average
Rank 509 of 649
Participation
72.0%
1% below average
Rank 382 of 649
379
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
417
579 eligible divisions
191
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
52.0% of votes cast
188
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
200
48.0% of votes cast
11
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.9% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
+2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Appearances
49
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
91
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Contributions
262
+125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API