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Nigel Farage vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Peter Dowd voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 143 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 132 different votes 143 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 9% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
6
15 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

13
-68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
Appearances
40
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
15
-127.5 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
Contributions
28
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
35
7 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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
No topic data
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
No topic data
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
No topic data
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
No topic data
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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