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David Williams vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

David Williams and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 371 shared comparable votes.

367 same votes 4 different votes 371 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
49 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
49 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
49 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
49 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 117 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
527
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
268
50.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
259
49.1% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
15
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
89
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£176,534
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
2 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 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