Compare

Hilary Benn vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,485 shared comparable votes.

1,482 same votes 3 different votes 1,485 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
128 Aye 80 No
Tax 100% aligned 208 shared votes
128 Aye 80 No
107 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
107 Aye 65 No
64 Aye 82 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 146 shared votes
64 Aye 82 No
36 Aye 54 No
Migration 100% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
34 Aye 38 No
Trade 100% aligned 72 shared votes
34 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 18 No
Benefits 93% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
128 Aye 80 No
Tax 100% aligned 208 shared votes
128 Aye 80 No
107 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
107 Aye 65 No
64 Aye 82 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 146 shared votes
64 Aye 82 No
36 Aye 54 No
Migration 100% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 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 258 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
1,864
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,405 eligible divisions
1,050
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
55.7% of votes cast
814
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

65
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
Appearances
50
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
413
+258.9 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
Contributions
38
-116.1 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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
81 of 82 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API