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Dan Tomlinson vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Dan Tomlinson and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

280 same votes 4 different votes 284 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
51 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
51 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
51 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
51 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

62.3%
10% below average
Rank 552 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
393
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
195
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
198
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
6
1.5% 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

93
-1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
491
+326.4 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£225,538
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£225,538
same as average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Trade
9 of 10 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Transport
27 of 32 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API