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Mrs Elsie Blundell vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Mrs Elsie Blundell
Mrs Elsie Blundell
Lab Heywood and Middleton North
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Mrs Elsie Blundell and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

373 same votes 4 different votes 377 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
59 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
59 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 67% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
59 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
59 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

83.0%
11% above average
Rank 131 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
524
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
259
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
265
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
10
1.9% 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

73
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
101
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 380 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

£161,906
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£161,906
28% 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Transport
30 of 32 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
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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