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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 962 shared comparable votes.

793 same votes 169 different votes 962 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

60.7 %
12 % below average
Rank 571 of 650
Participation
69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 448 of 650
1,267
2,089 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,624
2,344 eligible divisions
711
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
910
56.0 % of votes cast
556
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
714
44.0 % of votes cast
6
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 650
Appearances
37
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
91
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Contributions
23
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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 188 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 70 votes
#2
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Migration
113 of 161 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Transport
55 of 85 votes
#5
Education
75 of 95 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