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James Murray vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

James Murray and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 904 shared comparable votes.

901 same votes 3 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
97 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 156 shared votes
97 Aye 59 No
41 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
41 Aye 66 No
31 Aye 45 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
31 Aye 45 No
32 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 89% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
97 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 156 shared votes
97 Aye 59 No
41 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
41 Aye 66 No
31 Aye 45 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
31 Aye 45 No
32 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

73.1 %
same as average
Rank 358 of 647
Participation
69.3 %
4 % below average
Rank 450 of 647
1,181
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,616
2,333 eligible divisions
629
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
56.2 % of votes cast
552
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
708
43.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % 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

64
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 650
Appearances
30
-36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
377
+259.0 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 650
Contributions
13
-105.0 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£293,355
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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

Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#1
Defence
57 of 64 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#3
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Migration
130 of 152 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Education
57 of 68 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API