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Sarah Pochin vs Blair McDougall

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Blair McDougall voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 162 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 152 different votes 162 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 1 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 5% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
13 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

57.0 %
16 % below average
Rank 596 of 650
Participation
72.1 %
1 % below average
Rank 381 of 650
215
377 eligible divisions
Total votes
406
563 eligible divisions
93
43.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
210
51.7 % of votes cast
122
56.7 % of votes cast
No votes
196
48.3 % of votes cast
7
3.3 % of votes cast
Against party
12
3.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
39
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 650
88
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Contributions
208
+82.2 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£186,207
18 % below average
7
5 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

Trade
5 of 5 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Work / Employment
32 of 37 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Migration
7 of 9 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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