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Luke Pollard vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Blair McDougall voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

283 same votes 4 different votes 287 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
36 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
Participation
72.9%
1% above average
Rank 358 of 650
1,496
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
631 eligible divisions
824
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
50.7% of votes cast
672
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
Appearances
70
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
673
+508.4 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
Contributions
345
+180.4 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
2
2 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

Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
Trade
74 of 90 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API