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Ed Miliband vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,084 shared comparable votes.

1,081 same votes 3 different votes 1,084 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
102 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 163 shared votes
102 Aye 61 No
91 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 140 shared votes
91 Aye 49 No
37 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
37 Aye 63 No
23 Aye 47 No
Migration 100% aligned 70 shared votes
23 Aye 47 No
19 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 12 No
Benefits 90% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
102 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 163 shared votes
102 Aye 61 No
91 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 140 shared votes
91 Aye 49 No
37 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
37 Aye 63 No
23 Aye 47 No
Migration 100% aligned 70 shared votes
23 Aye 47 No

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

Voting record

55.5 %
18 % below average
Rank 603 of 647
Participation
69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 451 of 647
1,291
2,328 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,328 eligible divisions
714
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.3 % of votes cast
577
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
704
43.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

42
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 647
Appearances
27
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 647
444
+327.1 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 647
Contributions
13
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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
171 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
52 of 59 votes
Migration
127 of 169 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#3
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Energy
45 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API