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Jeff Smith vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,253 shared comparable votes.

1,245 same votes 8 different votes 1,253 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
118 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
118 Aye 77 No
48 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
48 Aye 72 No
27 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
27 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
31 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 19 No
Benefits 91% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
75 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 108 shared votes
78 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 16 No
Energy 98% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
118 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
118 Aye 77 No
48 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
48 Aye 72 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,405 eligible divisions
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
55.7% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
Appearances
50
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
70
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
Contributions
38
-115.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 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
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API