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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Blair McDougall

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

Photograph of Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead
vs
Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Blair McDougall voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 373 shared comparable votes.

373 same votes 0 different votes 373 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
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 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

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
670
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
594
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Appearances
52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
22
-123.9 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
Contributions
307
+161.1 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
2
1 registered category
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Defence
61 of 70 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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