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Mr Will Forster vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Mr Will Forster and Peter Dowd voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 237 different votes 284 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
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 4 No
Benefits 58% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 44 No
Tax 4% aligned 79 shared votes
47 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

74.6%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 649
Participation
69.2%
4% below average
Rank 446 of 649
429
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,633
2,361 eligible divisions
226
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
56.0% of votes cast
203
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
718
44.0% of votes cast
4
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

170
+92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 650
Appearances
41
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650
214
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650
Contributions
29
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£153,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£153,282
32% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
3
1 registered category
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

#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API