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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

221 same votes 3 different votes 224 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
35 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Benefits 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
35 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

44.5%
28% below average
Rank 630 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
281
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
122
43.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
159
56.6% 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, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
241
+76.4 vs Commons average
Rank 119 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

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
3
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

Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
6 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 42 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Tax
63 of 121 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API