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Chris McDonald vs Peter Dowd
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Chris McDonald and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.
346 same votes
4 different votes
350 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
77.7%
5% above average
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
490
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
241
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
249
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
12
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
95
+0.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
415
+250.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
41
-123.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
6
4 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API