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Peter Dowd vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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


Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 265 different votes 271 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
2 Aye 3 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
46 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
32 Aye 46 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
32 Aye 46 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 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
74.9 %
2 % above average
Rank 325 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
394
526 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
179
45.4 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
215
54.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
Appearances
170
+109.6 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648
Contributions
221
+112.1 vs Commons average
Rank 60 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
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Education
40 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API