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Naz Shah vs Blair McDougall

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

Photograph of Naz Shah
Naz Shah
Lab Bradford West
vs
Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Naz Shah and Blair McDougall voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

300 same votes 0 different votes 300 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
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 514 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
1,551
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
860
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
691
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
26
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
Contributions
307
+161.3 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£312,636
38% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
0
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

Housing
57 of 67 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 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: 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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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