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Jeremy Corbyn vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
YP Islington North
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Jeremy Corbyn and Peter Dowd voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,165 shared comparable votes.

1,068 same votes 97 different votes 1,165 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
99 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
99 Aye 62 No
27 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 14 No
Housing 52% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 73% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 18 No
Defence 82% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
59 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 85% aligned 116 shared votes
48 Aye 68 No
94 Aye 61 No
Tax 90% aligned 155 shared votes
103 Aye 52 No

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

Voting record

62.3 %
11 % below average
Rank 554 of 647
Participation
69.3 %
4 % below average
Rank 450 of 647
1,453
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,616
2,333 eligible divisions
802
55.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
56.2 % of votes cast
651
44.8 % of votes cast
No votes
708
43.8 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

105
+38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649
Appearances
30
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 649
146
+26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 649
Contributions
13
-106.1 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£284,788
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
29
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
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

Migration
142 of 169 votes
#1
Defence
57 of 64 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Housing
51 of 66 votes
#3
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 75 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API