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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 904 shared comparable votes.

895 same votes 9 different votes 904 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 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 137 shared votes
88 Aye 49 No
33 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 43 shared votes
19 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 65 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 102 shared votes
37 Aye 65 No
31 Aye 43 No
Migration 99% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
88 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 137 shared votes
88 Aye 49 No

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

Voting record

72.8%
same as average
Rank 357 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
1,228
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,405 eligible divisions
667
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
55.7% of votes cast
561
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
26
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
Appearances
50
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
103
-51.6 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650
Contributions
38
-116.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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
57 of 63 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

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