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Ian Lavery vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,474 shared comparable votes.

1,465 same votes 9 different votes 1,474 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
135 Aye 81 No
Tax 100% aligned 216 shared votes
135 Aye 81 No
106 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
106 Aye 60 No
57 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 138 shared votes
57 Aye 81 No
32 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
45 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 65 shared votes
45 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 13 No
Housing 97% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 35 No
Trade 99% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
36 Aye 54 No
Migration 99% aligned 90 shared votes
37 Aye 53 No
135 Aye 81 No
Tax 100% aligned 216 shared votes
135 Aye 81 No
106 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
106 Aye 60 No

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

Voting record

76.4%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 650
Participation
69.0%
3% below average
Rank 444 of 650
1,825
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,649
2,390 eligible divisions
1,010
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.9% of votes cast
815
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
727
44.1% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

91
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
Appearances
49
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
116
-35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Contributions
37
-114.4 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
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

Defence
66 of 71 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Sittings of the House 30 Dec 2020
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API