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Alex Burghart vs Peter Dowd

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

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Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,257 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,204 different votes 1,257 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
63 Aye 91 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 154 shared votes
91 Aye 63 No
45 Aye 39 No
Migration 6% aligned 84 shared votes
36 Aye 48 No
13 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 21 No
Energy 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
870
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
935
51.8% 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
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
7
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

Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
83 of 87 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 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
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
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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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