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John McDonnell vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,460 shared comparable votes.

1,439 same votes 21 different votes 1,460 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
144 Aye 79 No
Tax 100% aligned 223 shared votes
144 Aye 79 No
103 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
103 Aye 65 No
28 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
34 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 94% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
42 Aye 22 No
Education 95% aligned 64 shared votes
43 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 14 No
Energy 95% aligned 43 shared votes
31 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 97% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 12 No
Housing 97% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 648
Participation
69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 455 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
904
56.5 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
695
43.5 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
Contributions
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
Defence
52 of 59 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Education
75 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill) 3 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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