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Lisa Smart vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Blair McDougall voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 242 different votes 284 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 33% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
27 Aye 37 No
Tax 5% aligned 64 shared votes
40 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

174
+90.3 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
Appearances
52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
247
+101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
Contributions
307
+161.1 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API