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Mims Davies vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Mims Davies
Mims Davies
Con East Grinstead and Uckfield
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Mims Davies and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,433 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,356 different votes 1,433 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
88 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 143 shared votes
61 Aye 82 No
21 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
51 Aye 35 No
Migration 6% aligned 86 shared votes
32 Aye 54 No
18 Aye 27 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

88.5%
16% above average
Rank 39 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
2,102
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
1,002
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
1,100
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 284 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

£1,871,353
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£272,930
21% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Trade
86 of 91 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
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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Hunting Trophies Bill 2R 22 Mar 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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