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Kim Leadbeater vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Kim Leadbeater
Kim Leadbeater
Lab Spen Valley
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Kim Leadbeater and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 807 shared comparable votes.

804 same votes 3 different votes 807 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
83 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
83 Aye 61 No
36 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 96 shared votes
36 Aye 60 No
30 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 10 No
Benefits 84% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
83 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
83 Aye 61 No
36 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 96 shared votes
36 Aye 60 No
30 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

82.3%
10% above average
Rank 146 of 650
Participation
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
1,127
1,370 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,664
2,406 eligible divisions
580
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.8% of votes cast
547
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
5 years, 3 months
Since 1 Jul 2021
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

14
-79.0 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 650
Appearances
53
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
23
-139.0 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
Contributions
40
-122.0 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,032,995
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£309,696
37% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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
63 of 65 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 40 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Crime / Justice
133 of 146 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
40 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 54 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API