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Mrs Kemi Badenoch vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Mrs Kemi Badenoch and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,038 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 995 different votes 1,038 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
38 Aye 35 No
Migration 7% aligned 73 shared votes
32 Aye 41 No
8 Aye 27 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
29 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
54 Aye 84 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 138 shared votes
84 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
1 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
713
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
Appearances
41
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
277
+131.3 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
Contributions
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£278,687
23% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
19
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
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

Brexit / EU
167 of 188 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
73 of 87 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Migration
134 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Energy
45 of 59 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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