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Gavin Robinson vs Peter Dowd

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

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Gavin Robinson
DUP Belfast East
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Gavin Robinson and Peter Dowd voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 1,117 shared comparable votes.

266 same votes 851 different votes 1,117 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
14 Aye 17 No
Benefits 55% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 47% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 39% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
32 Aye 15 No
Defence 38% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 20 No
Migration 38% aligned 55 shared votes
17 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
63 Aye 97 No
Tax 13% aligned 160 shared votes
103 Aye 57 No
58 Aye 94 No
Brexit / EU 13% aligned 152 shared votes
93 Aye 59 No
18 Aye 32 No
Education 16% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 19 No
Energy 21% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

64.6 %
8 % below average
Rank 523 of 649
Participation
69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 446 of 649
1,525
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,633
2,361 eligible divisions
772
50.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
915
56.0 % of votes cast
753
49.4 % of votes cast
No votes
718
44.0 % of votes cast
7
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Appearances
41
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 649
100
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Contributions
29
-109.5 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,803,428
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£220,061
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 230 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 66 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 14 Oct 2025
NHS / Health
No
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