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Ashley Dalton vs Peter Dowd

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

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Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Ashley Dalton and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 430 shared comparable votes.

426 same votes 4 different votes 430 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
44 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 27 No
Migration 100% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
9 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 79% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
44 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 27 No
Migration 100% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
9 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

62.9%
9% below average
Rank 543 of 650
Participation
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
603
958 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,664
2,406 eligible divisions
281
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.8% of votes cast
322
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.2% of votes cast
5
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
3 years, 8 months
Since 9 Feb 2023
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

47
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650
Appearances
53
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
106
-55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
Contributions
40
-121.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£607,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£323,917
43% 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
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

NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
6 of 7 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Migration
79 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Energy
23 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 17 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
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
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: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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