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Mark Pritchard vs Peter Dowd

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

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Mark Pritchard
Con The Wrekin
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Mark Pritchard and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,127 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,075 different votes 1,127 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
10 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
57 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 163 shared votes
105 Aye 58 No
45 Aye 35 No
Migration 5% aligned 80 shared votes
33 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 523 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,538
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
732
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
806
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

184
+101.7 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
222
+78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 108 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

£2,150,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£174,182
23% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
136 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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