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James Asser vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

James Asser and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

375 same votes 4 different votes 379 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
48 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
48 Aye 42 No
7 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
48 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
48 Aye 42 No
7 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

85.6%
13% above average
Rank 75 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
540
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
272
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
268
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
14
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
72
-91.8 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Contributions
41
-122.8 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£173,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
2 registered categories
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API