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Bradley Thomas vs Peter Dowd

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

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Bradley Thomas
Con Bromsgrove
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Bradley Thomas and Peter Dowd voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 346 different votes 354 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
25 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
39 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
54 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
54 Aye 39 No
7 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

81.1%
9% above average
Rank 174 of 650
Participation
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
503
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,664
2,406 eligible divisions
233
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.8% of votes cast
270
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

200
+106.1 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
Appearances
54
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
293
+129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650
Contributions
41
-122.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£215,617
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£215,617
5% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
1
1 registered category
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Tax
101 of 114 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
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
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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: 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
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