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Phil Brickell vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Blair McDougall voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.

381 same votes 12 different votes 393 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
48 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
48 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
48 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 650
Participation
73.1%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
505
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
636 eligible divisions
248
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
50.8% of votes cast
257
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
229
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

139
+42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650
Appearances
72
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
171
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
Contributions
347
+177.8 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,925
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
2
2 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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
Crime / Justice
63 of 66 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 33 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API