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Peter Dowd vs Charlie Dewhirst

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


Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Charlie Dewhirst voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 241 different votes 248 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 7 No
Benefits 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
54 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
33 Aye 54 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
33 Aye 54 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 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
69.6 %
4 % below average
Rank 446 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
366
526 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
160
43.7 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
206
56.3 % 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
81
+20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648
Contributions
107
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 212 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
£184,765
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£184,765
18 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
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
Tax
95 of 108 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Education
39 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API