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Ed Davey vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Ed Davey and Peter Dowd voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 967 shared comparable votes.

793 same votes 174 different votes 967 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
87 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 145 shared votes
87 Aye 58 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
32 Aye 40 No
Migration 96% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 32% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 41% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
80 Aye 52 No
Tax 63% aligned 132 shared votes
87 Aye 45 No
16 Aye 16 No
Defence 72% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

59.6%
13% below average
Rank 574 of 650
Participation
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
1,281
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,664
2,406 eligible divisions
718
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.8% of votes cast
563
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.2% of votes cast
8
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

74
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 650
Appearances
53
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
125
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 650
Contributions
40
-122.0 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
11
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
170 of 189 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Migration
113 of 163 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Crime / Justice
126 of 198 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

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