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Jas Athwal vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Jas Athwal
Jas Athwal
Lab Ilford South
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Jas Athwal and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 390 shared comparable votes.

387 same votes 3 different votes 390 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
61 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
61 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Benefits 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
61 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
61 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

84.2%
12% above average
Rank 106 of 650
Participation
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 439 of 650
528
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,671
2,413 eligible divisions
257
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
935
56.0% of votes cast
271
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.0% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

53
-41.4 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Appearances
54
-40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
65
-99.5 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£164,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£164,547
27% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
4
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

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
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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