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Chris Kane vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Chris Kane and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

358 same votes 3 different votes 361 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
60 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
60 Aye 39 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 67% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
60 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
60 Aye 39 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

77.0%
5% above average
Rank 265 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
486
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
241
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
245
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

93
-1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
124
-40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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

£221,638
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£221,638
2% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Tax
107 of 121 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API