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Aphra Brandreth vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Aphra Brandreth and Peter Dowd voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 253 different votes 262 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
2 Aye 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
32 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

64.9%
8% below average
Rank 520 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
383
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
181
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
202
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
15
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 354 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

£250,031
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£250,031
11% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
12
5 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Tax
79 of 112 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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