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Catherine Atkinson vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

355 same votes 4 different votes 359 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
53 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
53 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
53 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
53 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

79.9%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
504
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
257
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
247
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
15
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

108
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
197
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
4
2 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API