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Dame Harriett Baldwin vs Peter Dowd

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

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Dame Harriett Baldwin
Con West Worcestershire
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Dame Harriett Baldwin and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,372 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,308 different votes 1,372 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
13 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
83 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 131 shared votes
56 Aye 75 No
15 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
51 Aye 39 No
Migration 6% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
66 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 167 shared votes
104 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

81.6%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,940
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
1,025
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
17
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

105
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
134
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,496,334
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£247,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
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

Brexit / EU
207 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Trade
76 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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