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Mr Paul Foster vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

365 same votes 3 different votes 368 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
53 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
53 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 70% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
53 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
53 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 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 148 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
518
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
260
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
258
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
8
1.5% 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

52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
90
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 412 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

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
13
5 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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API