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Alex Davies-Jones vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Alex Davies-Jones
Alex Davies-Jones
Lab Pontypridd
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Alex Davies-Jones and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 854 shared comparable votes.

851 same votes 3 different votes 854 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
83 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 126 shared votes
83 Aye 43 No
37 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
37 Aye 73 No
32 Aye 44 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
32 Aye 44 No
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 89% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
83 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 126 shared votes
83 Aye 43 No
37 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
37 Aye 73 No
32 Aye 44 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
32 Aye 44 No
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

72.1 %
1 % below average
Rank 379 of 647
Participation
69.3 %
4 % below average
Rank 450 of 647
1,165
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,616
2,333 eligible divisions
600
51.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
56.2 % of votes cast
565
48.5 % of votes cast
No votes
708
43.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

50
-16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Appearances
30
-36.2 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
263
+145.2 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 650
Contributions
13
-104.8 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,333,464
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£314,112
39 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
136 of 152 votes
#1
Defence
57 of 64 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 37 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Defence
56 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 91 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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API