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Emma Lewell vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Emma Lewell and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,369 shared comparable votes.

1,357 same votes 12 different votes 1,369 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
133 Aye 80 No
Tax 100% aligned 213 shared votes
133 Aye 80 No
55 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
55 Aye 62 No
26 Aye 50 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
26 Aye 50 No
30 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
39 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
39 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 38 No
Trade 99% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
96 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 155 shared votes
94 Aye 61 No
133 Aye 80 No
Tax 100% aligned 213 shared votes
133 Aye 80 No
55 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
55 Aye 62 No

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

Voting record

70.7%
2% below average
Rank 406 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 439 of 650
1,697
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,660
2,401 eligible divisions
938
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
924
55.7% of votes cast
759
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
36
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
13 years, 5 months
Since 2 May 2013
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

73
-14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Appearances
49
-38.2 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
77
-75.0 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Contributions
37
-115.0 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£300,553
33% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
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
70 of 76 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
61 of 76 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
No rebel
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
Aye
Aye rebel
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye rebel
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No rebel
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API