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Kit Malthouse vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Kit Malthouse
Kit Malthouse
Con North West Hampshire
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Kit Malthouse and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,441 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,366 different votes 1,441 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
11 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
51 Aye 38 No
Migration 6% aligned 89 shared votes
35 Aye 54 No
16 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
75 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 136 shared votes
62 Aye 74 No
65 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 166 shared votes
103 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

86.0%
13% above average
Rank 77 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
2,044
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
1,065
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
22
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 261 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

£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£293,019
30% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
5
4 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

Trade
88 of 91 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
163 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
61 of 66 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 77 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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