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Martin McCluskey vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Martin McCluskey and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

321 same votes 4 different votes 325 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
52 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
52 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
6% above average
Rank 246 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
492
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
245
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
247
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
14
2.8% 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

78
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
324
+159.4 vs Commons average
Rank 68 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

£140,697
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£140,697
38% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
1
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Tax
109 of 121 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API