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Michelle Welsh vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Michelle Welsh and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 371 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 3 different votes 371 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
61 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
61 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 73% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
61 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
61 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
518
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
261
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
257
49.6% 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

62
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
73
-91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 464 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

£179,455
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£179,455
21% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
2 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

#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API