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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 1,433 shared comparable votes.

1,429 same votes 4 different votes 1,433 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 84 No
Tax 100% aligned 221 shared votes
137 Aye 84 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
31 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 69 shared votes
31 Aye 38 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
28 Aye 54 No
Migration 99% aligned 82 shared votes
29 Aye 53 No
137 Aye 84 No
Tax 100% aligned 221 shared votes
137 Aye 84 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

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
120
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 272 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

£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
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API