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Ruth Cadbury vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Blair McDougall voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

372 same votes 9 different votes 381 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
55 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
55 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
55 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

75.1%
3% above average
Rank 304 of 650
Participation
73.1%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
1,818
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
636 eligible divisions
1,011
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
50.8% of votes cast
807
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
229
49.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
Appearances
70
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
87
-80.2 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Contributions
345
+177.8 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
3
3 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

Brexit / EU
181 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Transport
81 of 98 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 33 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API