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Bobby Dean vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Bobby Dean and Peter Dowd voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 213 different votes 256 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 60% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 17 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 38 No
Tax 4% aligned 67 shared votes
41 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 9 No
Housing 7% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

68.7%
4% below average
Rank 456 of 649
Participation
69.2%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
398
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,365 eligible divisions
208
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
190
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

91
+12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Appearances
41
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
107
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Contributions
29
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£178,307
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£178,307
21% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
6
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

#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 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