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Joy Morrissey vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Joy Morrissey
Joy Morrissey
Con Beaconsfield
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Joy Morrissey and Peter Dowd voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 828 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 801 different votes 828 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
10 Aye 13 No
Benefits 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
35 Aye 35 No
Migration 4% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
10 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 22 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

80.9%
8% above average
Rank 183 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,341
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
661
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
680
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
99
-44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,341,892
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£297,942
32% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
51 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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