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Dawn Butler vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,250 shared comparable votes.

1,242 same votes 8 different votes 1,250 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
126 Aye 76 No
Tax 100% aligned 202 shared votes
126 Aye 76 No
44 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
44 Aye 65 No
27 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
27 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 63 shared votes
27 Aye 36 No
32 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 15 No
Energy 97% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 36 No
Trade 98% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
100 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 162 shared votes
102 Aye 60 No
126 Aye 76 No
Tax 100% aligned 202 shared votes
126 Aye 76 No
44 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
44 Aye 65 No

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

Voting record

63.8%
9% below average
Rank 528 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
1,535
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,405 eligible divisions
848
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
55.7% of votes cast
687
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Appearances
50
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
57
-96.9 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 650
Contributions
38
-115.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
9
4 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

Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API