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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 965 shared comparable votes.

961 same votes 4 different votes 965 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
86 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 140 shared votes
86 Aye 54 No
40 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
40 Aye 70 No
32 Aye 44 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
32 Aye 44 No
27 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
34 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 18 No
Benefits 91% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
86 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 140 shared votes
86 Aye 54 No
40 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
40 Aye 70 No
32 Aye 44 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
32 Aye 44 No
27 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 283 of 650
Participation
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
1,285
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,664
2,406 eligible divisions
682
53.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.8% of votes cast
603
46.9% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.2% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
Appearances
53
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
33
-128.6 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Contributions
40
-121.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 70 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
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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
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
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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