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Andy McDonald vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,398 shared comparable votes.

1,395 same votes 3 different votes 1,398 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
137 Aye 81 No
Tax 100% aligned 218 shared votes
137 Aye 81 No
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
57 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 137 shared votes
57 Aye 80 No
28 Aye 52 No
Migration 100% aligned 80 shared votes
28 Aye 52 No
41 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 63 shared votes
41 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 97% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
137 Aye 81 No
Tax 100% aligned 218 shared votes
137 Aye 81 No
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
57 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 137 shared votes
57 Aye 80 No
28 Aye 52 No
Migration 100% aligned 80 shared votes
28 Aye 52 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 307 of 648
Participation
69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 455 of 648
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
979
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
904
56.5 % of votes cast
765
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
695
43.5 % of votes cast
20
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

80
+19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 648
Appearances
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 648
Contributions
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#1
Defence
52 of 59 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#5
Education
75 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API