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Peter Dowd vs Chris Bloore

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 Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Chris Bloore voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

274 same votes 0 different votes 274 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
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
37 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
37 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 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
72.1 %
1 % below average
Rank 387 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
379
526 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
194
51.2 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
185
48.8 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % 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
68
+7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£167,691
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£167,691
26 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Transport
20 of 21 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
10 of 11 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Energy
15 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
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