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Bill Esterson vs Peter Dowd
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Bill Esterson and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,395 shared comparable votes.
1,390 same votes
5 different votes
1,395 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
71.1%
2% below average
Participation
69.1%
4% below average
1,683
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,368 eligible divisions
943
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
740
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
58
-22.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
41
-39.0 vs Commons average
81
-58.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
29
-110.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API