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Luke Murphy vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Luke Murphy and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

357 same votes 3 different votes 360 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
60 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
60 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 73% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
60 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
60 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
501
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
250
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
251
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

87
-7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
123
-41.5 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£198,590
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£198,590
12% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API