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Mr James Frith vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Mr James Frith and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 685 shared comparable votes.

681 same votes 4 different votes 685 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
78 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
78 Aye 46 No
69 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 107 shared votes
69 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 79% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
78 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
78 Aye 46 No
69 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 107 shared votes
69 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 289 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
469
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,405 eligible divisions
227
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
55.7% of votes cast
242
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
11
2.3% 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

45
-43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 504 of 650
Appearances
50
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
91
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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

£817,882
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£210,945
7% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
4
3 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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Education
46 of 50 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
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
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