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Alicia Kearns vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Alicia Kearns
Alicia Kearns
Con Rutland and Stamford
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Alicia Kearns and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 788 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 754 different votes 788 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
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 28 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
64 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 106 shared votes
42 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 20 No
Migration 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

69.9%
3% below average
Rank 433 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,159
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
575
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
584
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
27
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

132
+48.4 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
Appearances
41
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
188
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650
Contributions
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,417,308
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£320,176
42% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
12
3 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Housing
44 of 54 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2024
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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