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Dr Kieran Mullan vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Dr Kieran Mullan
Dr Kieran Mullan
Con Bexhill and Battle
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Dr Kieran Mullan and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 937 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 901 different votes 937 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
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 17 No
Trade 6% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
41 Aye 37 No
Migration 5% aligned 78 shared votes
33 Aye 45 No
74 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 117 shared votes
42 Aye 75 No
14 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 103 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,404
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
688
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
716
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

136
+52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
41
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
541
+395.3 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 650
Contributions
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,272,613
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£301,859
33% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
1
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
147 of 154 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
164 of 174 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 55 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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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
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