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Harpreet Uppal vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Harpreet Uppal
Harpreet Uppal
Lab Huddersfield
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Harpreet Uppal and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 384 shared comparable votes.

381 same votes 3 different votes 384 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
54 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
54 Aye 41 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
54 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
54 Aye 41 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

91.0%
19% above average
Rank 14 of 650
Participation
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
564
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,664
2,406 eligible divisions
275
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.8% of votes cast
289
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

58
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
Appearances
53
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
73
-89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
40
-122.0 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£137,037
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£137,037
39% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Transport
30 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API