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Mike Kane vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Mike Kane
Mike Kane
Lab Wythenshawe and Sale East
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Mike Kane and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,379 shared comparable votes.

1,368 same votes 11 different votes 1,379 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
114 Aye 72 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
114 Aye 72 No
100 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 164 shared votes
100 Aye 64 No
35 Aye 50 No
Migration 100% aligned 85 shared votes
35 Aye 50 No
30 Aye 37 No
Trade 100% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 18 No
Benefits 92% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
63 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 137 shared votes
63 Aye 74 No
114 Aye 72 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
114 Aye 72 No
100 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 164 shared votes
100 Aye 64 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 373 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 650
1,730
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,655
2,396 eligible divisions
978
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
55.8% of votes cast
752
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
732
44.2% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
12 years, 8 months
Since 13 Feb 2014
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

39
-48.2 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
Appearances
49
-38.2 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
54
-98.0 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
Contributions
37
-115.0 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,395,924
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£291,311
29% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
70 of 76 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
61 of 76 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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
No rebel
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No rebel
Ten Minute Rule Motion: Abortion 23 Oct 2018
Aye
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
Where they voted the same
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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