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Liz Twist vs Blair McDougall

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

Photograph of Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett
vs
Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Liz Twist and Blair McDougall voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 410 shared comparable votes.

410 same votes 0 different votes 410 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
46 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
46 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
46 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
1,794
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
974
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
820
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

105
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
149
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
Contributions
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£305,039
35% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
3
3 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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
52 of 55 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
149 of 163 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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