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Mr Paul Foster vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Blair McDougall voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

373 same votes 5 different votes 378 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
47 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
47 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
47 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 650
Participation
72.9%
1% above average
Rank 358 of 650
518
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
631 eligible divisions
260
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
50.7% of votes cast
258
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.3% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Appearances
70
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
90
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Contributions
345
+180.5 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
1
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API