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Gordon McKee vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Gordon McKee
Gordon McKee
Lab Glasgow South
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Gordon McKee and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

345 same votes 4 different votes 349 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
44 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
44 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
44 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
44 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 259 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
489
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
241
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
248
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
11
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
168
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£144,977
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£144,977
36% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
16 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Housing
29 of 32 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API