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Tom Collins vs Blair McDougall

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

Photograph of Tom Collins
Tom Collins
Lab Worcester
vs
Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Tom Collins and Blair McDougall voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 1 different votes 369 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
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
39 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
39 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
Participation
72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 384 of 649
504
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
409
568 eligible divisions
250
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
213
52.1 % of votes cast
254
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
196
47.9 % of votes cast
13
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.9 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

37
-38.2 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 649
Appearances
45
-30.2 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
54
-79.4 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
Contributions
222
+88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£199,237
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£199,237
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18 % below average
0
0 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Work / Employment
32 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
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