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Ian Byrne vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Ian Byrne and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 872 shared comparable votes.

864 same votes 8 different votes 872 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
88 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
88 Aye 47 No
31 Aye 42 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
31 Aye 42 No
28 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 8 No
Housing 96% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
35 Aye 15 No
Education 98% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 101 shared votes
37 Aye 64 No
88 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
88 Aye 47 No
31 Aye 42 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
31 Aye 42 No

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

Voting record

73.2 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 647
Participation
69.3 %
4 % below average
Rank 451 of 647
1,175
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,323 eligible divisions
646
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
906
56.3 % of votes cast
529
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
704
43.7 % of votes cast
22
1.9 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

42
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 647
Appearances
27
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 647
83
-30.8 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 647
Contributions
13
-100.8 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£284,893
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
3
2 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
45 of 50 votes
#1
Defence
52 of 59 votes
Education
60 of 68 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
#3
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Migration
127 of 152 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 65 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API