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Lisa Smart vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Peter Dowd voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 235 different votes 281 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
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 60% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 16 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
34 Aye 38 No
Tax 4% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 12% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
7% below average
Rank 498 of 649
Participation
69.2%
4% below average
Rank 448 of 649
384
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,366 eligible divisions
209
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
175
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

166
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Appearances
41
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
235
+97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
29
-108.1 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API