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Melanie Onn vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn
Lab Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Melanie Onn and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 847 shared comparable votes.

839 same votes 8 different votes 847 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
99 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
99 Aye 68 No
30 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 4 No
Benefits 83% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
87 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 126 shared votes
85 Aye 41 No
99 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
99 Aye 68 No
30 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
463
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,405 eligible divisions
225
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
55.7% of votes cast
238
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

106
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
Appearances
50
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
153
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
Contributions
38
-116.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£201,216
11% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Tax
95 of 114 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye rebel
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No rebel
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API