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Fred Thomas vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Blair McDougall voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

327 same votes 9 different votes 336 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
53 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
53 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
53 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

68.7%
4% below average
Rank 441 of 650
Participation
73.1%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
437
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
636 eligible divisions
255
58.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
50.8% of votes cast
182
41.6% of votes cast
No votes
229
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Appearances
72
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
79
-90.2 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
Contributions
347
+177.8 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
5
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

Housing
32 of 33 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 33 votes
Tax
98 of 122 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API