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Lorraine Beavers vs Peter Dowd

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

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Lorraine Beavers
Lab Blackpool North and Fleetwood
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Lorraine Beavers and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 363 shared comparable votes.

363 same votes 0 different votes 363 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
55 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
55 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
55 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 71 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
509
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
268
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
241
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
9
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
85
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£199,406
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£199,406
12% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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