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James MacCleary vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

James MacCleary and Peter Dowd voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 213 different votes 255 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
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 3 No
Benefits 55% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 4% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 10% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

61.2%
12% below average
Rank 565 of 649
Participation
69.2%
4% below average
Rank 448 of 649
355
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,366 eligible divisions
182
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
173
48.7% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

90
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Appearances
41
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
100
-37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
29
-108.1 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£188,021
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£188,021
17% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
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

Housing
26 of 31 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
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