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Dr Sam Rushworth vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Dr Sam Rushworth and Peter Dowd voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

332 same votes 6 different votes 338 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
41 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
41 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 67% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 91% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
41 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
41 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 393 of 650
Participation
69.4%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 650
454
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,680
2,422 eligible divisions
226
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
939
55.9% of votes cast
228
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.1% of votes cast
16
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Appearances
51
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
158
-9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
Contributions
41
-126.1 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£212,044
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£212,044
6% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API