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Peter Dowd vs Cat Eccles

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 Cat Eccles
Cat Eccles
Lab Stourbridge

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Cat Eccles voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

215 same votes 0 different votes 215 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
25 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 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
51.7 %
22 % below average
Rank 619 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
272
526 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
124
45.6 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
148
54.4 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
8
2.9 % 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
33
-27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648
Contributions
38
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 512 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
£179,390
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£179,390
21 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 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
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Energy
13 of 17 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API