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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 921 shared comparable votes.

918 same votes 3 different votes 921 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 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
97 Aye 62 No
41 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
41 Aye 66 No
32 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 78 shared votes
32 Aye 46 No
32 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 89% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
97 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
97 Aye 62 No
41 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
41 Aye 66 No
32 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 78 shared votes
32 Aye 46 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

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
647
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
570
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

97
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Appearances
41
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 649
757
+614.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 649
Contributions
29
-113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649

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
4
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
42 of 44 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Housing
48 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Migration
132 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Education
58 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API