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Darren Jones vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Darren Jones
Darren Jones
Lab Bristol North West
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Darren Jones and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,147 shared comparable votes.

1,142 same votes 5 different votes 1,147 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
99 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
99 Aye 59 No
89 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
89 Aye 62 No
46 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
46 Aye 58 No
36 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 82 shared votes
36 Aye 46 No
36 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 63 shared votes
36 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 13 No
Benefits 91% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 98% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
99 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
99 Aye 59 No
89 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
89 Aye 62 No
46 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
46 Aye 58 No

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

Voting record

65.6%
7% below average
Rank 509 of 650
Participation
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
1,411
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,664
2,406 eligible divisions
775
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.8% of votes cast
636
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.2% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

49
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
Appearances
53
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
580
+421.5 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 650
Contributions
41
-117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,991,343
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£327,479
45% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
3
2 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

Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
167 of 189 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Migration
142 of 163 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Trade
70 of 90 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Cross-Border Trade Resolution: Amendment (e) 20 Nov 2017
Trade
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API