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Patricia Ferguson vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Patricia Ferguson and Peter Dowd voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.

351 same votes 6 different votes 357 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
58 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
58 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
23 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 70% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
58 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
58 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
Participation
69.4%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 650
505
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,680
2,422 eligible divisions
257
50.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
939
55.9% of votes cast
248
49.1% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.1% of votes cast
18
3.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

111
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
Appearances
51
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
155
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 650
Contributions
41
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£151,093
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£151,093
33% below 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

Housing
33 of 33 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API