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Anna Dixon vs Peter Dowd

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

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Anna Dixon
Lab Shipley
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Anna Dixon and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

376 same votes 4 different votes 380 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
54 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
54 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
54 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
54 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

83.8%
11% above average
Rank 114 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
529
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
268
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
261
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
14
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

170
+76.0 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
331
+167.2 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Contributions
41
-122.8 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,077
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£182,077
19% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
4
2 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Transport
29 of 31 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
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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