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James Naish vs Peter Dowd

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

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James Naish
Lab Rushcliffe
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

James Naish and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

326 same votes 4 different votes 330 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
26 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
26 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 70% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
48 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
48 Aye 42 No
26 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
26 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 393 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
451
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
216
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
235
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
9
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

204
+109.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
267
+102.4 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£186,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£186,058
18% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
16
7 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API