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Keir Mather vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 1 different votes 389 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
45 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 89% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
45 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

75.2 %
2 % above average
Rank 307 of 650
Participation
69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 443 of 650
579
770 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,629
2,350 eligible divisions
284
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
912
56.0 % of votes cast
295
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
717
44.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Appearances
38
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
328
+202.2 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
Contributions
26
-99.8 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
1
1 registered category
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

Education
49 of 51 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#2
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes
#5
Transport
75 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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