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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Blair McDougall

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Blair McDougall voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

316 same votes 0 different votes 316 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
23 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
Appearances
52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
159
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Contributions
307
+161.3 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
2
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API