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Mark Garnier vs Blair McDougall

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Blair McDougall voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 322 different votes 328 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
121
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
Contributions
307
+164.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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