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Chris Hinchliff vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Chris Hinchliff and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

351 same votes 1 different votes 352 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
45 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Housing 92% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
45 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

86.8%
14% above average
Rank 62 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
512
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
255
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
257
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
12
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

122
+38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
143
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,907
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£174,907
23% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API