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Alan Mak vs Peter Dowd

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

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Alan Mak
Con Havant
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Alan Mak and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,413 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,344 different votes 1,413 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
61 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 165 shared votes
104 Aye 61 No
21 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
49 Aye 35 No
Migration 5% aligned 84 shared votes
33 Aye 51 No
17 Aye 30 No
Energy 4% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
77 Aye 138 No
Tax 0% aligned 215 shared votes
137 Aye 78 No

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

Voting record

85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
960
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£292,278
29% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
23
7 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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