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Kate Dearden vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

316 same votes 1 different votes 317 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
44 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
44 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 89% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
44 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
44 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

86.1%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
508
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
247
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
261
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650
Appearances
41
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
206
+60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Contributions
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
7
2 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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API