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Julia Lopez vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Julia Lopez and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,250 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,200 different votes 1,250 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
13 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
43 Aye 38 No
Migration 6% aligned 81 shared votes
35 Aye 46 No
13 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 31 No
Education 4% aligned 49 shared votes
33 Aye 16 No
57 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 152 shared votes
90 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
848
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
920
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
35
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£227,011
same as average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
185 of 188 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
151 of 163 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Trade
79 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Tax
251 of 288 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
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 Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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