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Nigel Farage vs Blair McDougall

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Blair McDougall voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 151 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 133 different votes 151 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 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 3 No
Education 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
6
15 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

13
-68.7 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
Appearances
52
-29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
15
-127.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
Contributions
307
+164.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
35
7 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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
No topic data
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
No topic data
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
No topic data
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
No topic data
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 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 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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