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Oliver Ryan vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Oliver Ryan and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

361 same votes 3 different votes 364 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
56 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
56 Aye 42 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
56 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
56 Aye 42 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 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

81.9%
10% above average
Rank 152 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
517
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
245
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
272
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

36
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
40
-124.5 vs Commons average
Rank 570 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

£234,505
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£234,505
4% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
4
2 registered categories
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Transport
30 of 32 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API