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Lee Anderson vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 835 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 797 different votes 835 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
6 Aye 8 No
Housing 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 7 No
Transport 6% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 23 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
626
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
621
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
80
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 397 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

£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
9
4 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

Trade
53 of 53 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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