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Andrew Western vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 518 shared comparable votes.

515 same votes 3 different votes 518 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
50 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
50 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 60 shared votes
20 Aye 40 No
18 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
50 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
50 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 60 shared votes
20 Aye 40 No
18 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
735
1,002 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,405 eligible divisions
356
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
55.7% of votes cast
379
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
53
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
331
+174.4 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650
Contributions
41
-115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
8
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Education
50 of 58 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
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: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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