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Cat Smith vs Peter Dowd
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Cat Smith and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,336 shared comparable votes.
1,334 same votes
2 different votes
1,336 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
72.7 %
1 % below average
Participation
69.2 %
4 % below average
1,681
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
915
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
904
56.5 % of votes cast
766
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
695
43.5 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
30
-78.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % 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
0
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
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API