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Jeff Smith vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Blair McDougall voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

389 same votes 12 different votes 401 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
52 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
52 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
52 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 650
Participation
73.1%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
1,922
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
636 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
50.8% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
229
49.2% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Appearances
72
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
70
-99.2 vs Commons average
Rank 484 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

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
62 of 68 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 33 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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