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Dr Allison Gardner vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Dr Allison Gardner and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

378 same votes 2 different votes 380 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
54 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
54 Aye 41 No
31 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 88% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
54 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
54 Aye 41 No
31 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

83.4%
11% above average
Rank 122 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
526
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
256
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
270
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
13
2.5% 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

104
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
152
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 242 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

£200,981
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£200,981
11% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API