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Peter Dowd vs Andrew Griffith

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

Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle
vs
Photograph of Andrew Griffith
Andrew Griffith
Con Arundel and South Downs

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Andrew Griffith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 840 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 815 different votes 840 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
32 Aye 44 No
Migration 5% aligned 76 shared votes
40 Aye 36 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 5% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 7 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 455 of 648
Participation
79.6 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,269
1,594 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
634
50.0 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
635
50.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
Appearances
31
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648
Contributions
45
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,237,293
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,103
26 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
15
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Defence
52 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition day: Student loans 18 Mar 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API