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David Baines vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

David Baines and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

287 same votes 4 different votes 291 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
50 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
50 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
50 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
50 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 454 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
430
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
210
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
220
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
15
3.5% 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

25
-69.5 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
26
-138.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 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

£136,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£136,662
40% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
3
1 registered category
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

Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API