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Dr Neil Hudson vs Peter Dowd

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

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Dr Neil Hudson
Con Epping Forest
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Dr Neil Hudson and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 926 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 882 different votes 926 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
17 Aye 22 No
Trade 10% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
39 Aye 37 No
Migration 5% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
16 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 29 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 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 101 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,405
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
698
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
707
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,070,160
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£223,469
1% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
3
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Crime / Justice
163 of 174 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Trade
49 of 53 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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