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Peter Dowd vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,310 shared comparable votes.

1,308 same votes 2 different votes 1,310 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
131 Aye 72 No
Tax 100% aligned 203 shared votes
131 Aye 72 No
92 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
92 Aye 63 No
55 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
55 Aye 65 No
21 Aye 50 No
Migration 100% aligned 71 shared votes
21 Aye 50 No
29 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 38 No
Trade 99% aligned 68 shared votes
29 Aye 39 No
131 Aye 72 No
Tax 100% aligned 203 shared votes
131 Aye 72 No
92 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
92 Aye 63 No
55 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
55 Aye 65 No
21 Aye 50 No
Migration 100% aligned 71 shared votes
21 Aye 50 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
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 479 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,312 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
880
56.1 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
688
43.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
Appearances
45
-15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648
Contributions
59
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Trade
76 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Transport
74 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API