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Alan Gemmell vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Alan Gemmell and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

364 same votes 3 different votes 367 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
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
29 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
54 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
29 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 247 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
491
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
256
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
235
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

73
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
87
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£170,626
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£170,626
25% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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