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Samantha Niblett vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Samantha Niblett and Blair McDougall voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

387 same votes 14 different votes 401 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
54 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
Participation
73.1%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
522
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
636 eligible divisions
255
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
50.8% of votes cast
267
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
229
49.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

112
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
Appearances
72
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
128
-41.2 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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

£212,260
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£212,260
6% below average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
1
1 registered category
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
14 of 14 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 33 votes
Crime / Justice
61 of 66 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API