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Jessica Toale vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Jessica Toale and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 372 shared comparable votes.

369 same votes 3 different votes 372 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
60 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
60 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 73% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
60 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
60 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

78.4%
6% above average
Rank 232 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
495
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
250
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
245
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% 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

131
+36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
158
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£208,947
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£208,947
8% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
6
3 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Education
47 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API