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David Smith vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

David Smith and Peter Dowd voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

308 same votes 6 different votes 314 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
39 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
39 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
30 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 73% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 88% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
39 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
39 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
30 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

71.1%
1% below average
Rank 399 of 650
Participation
69.4%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 650
452
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,680
2,422 eligible divisions
224
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
939
55.9% of votes cast
228
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.1% of votes cast
16
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

97
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650
Appearances
51
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
140
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Contributions
41
-126.1 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
6
3 registered categories
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

#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API