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David Davis vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

David Davis and Peter Dowd voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,118 shared comparable votes.

85 same votes 1,033 different votes 1,118 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
26 Aye 30 No
Trade 18% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
44 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 81 shared votes
37 Aye 44 No
36 Aye 34 No
Migration 13% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
31 Aye 17 No
Defence 10% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 19 No
Benefits 10% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
720
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
819
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
93
6.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

52
-29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Appearances
40
-41.7 vs Commons average
Rank 504 of 649
81
-61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
Contributions
28
-114.2 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£277,187
23% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
7
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
198 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill: Re-committal motion 29 Nov 2023
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
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