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Graeme Downie vs Victoria Atkins

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

Photograph of Graeme Downie
Graeme Downie
Lab Dunfermline and Dollar
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Photograph of Victoria Atkins
Victoria Atkins
Con Louth and Horncastle

Voting alignment

Graeme Downie and Victoria Atkins voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 217 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 210 different votes 217 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 527 of 649
Participation
81.2%
9% above average
Rank 178 of 649
379
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,929
2,376 eligible divisions
165
43.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
934
48.4% of votes cast
214
56.5% of votes cast
No votes
995
51.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Appearances
20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 649
Contributions
32
-113.9 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£234,085
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
£234,085
3% above average
Latest expenses
£241,610
7% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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