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Mark Ferguson vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Mark Ferguson and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

343 same votes 3 different votes 346 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
59 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
59 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 70% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
59 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
59 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

89.4%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
564
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
298
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
266
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
38
-126.6 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£191,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£191,951
15% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
6
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API