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Mike Kane vs Blair McDougall

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

Photograph of Mike Kane
Mike Kane
Lab Wythenshawe and Sale East
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Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Mike Kane and Blair McDougall voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

331 same votes 2 different votes 333 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
28 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 381 of 650
Participation
72.9%
1% above average
Rank 358 of 650
1,740
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
631 eligible divisions
983
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
50.7% of votes cast
757
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.3% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
12 years, 8 months
Since 13 Feb 2014
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
Appearances
70
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
54
-110.6 vs Commons average
Rank 523 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

£2,395,924
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£291,311
29% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
2
1 registered category
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
76 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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