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Peter Dowd vs Claire Hanna

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 Claire Hanna
Claire Hanna
SDLP Belfast South and Mid Down

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Claire Hanna voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 507 shared comparable votes.

493 same votes 14 different votes 507 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
27 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 71 shared votes
27 Aye 44 No
29 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 17 No
Tax 90% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 13 No
Benefits 90% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 4 No
Education 95% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 71 shared votes
27 Aye 44 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
46.8 %
26 % below average
Rank 625 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
746
1,594 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
385
51.6 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
361
48.4 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 648
Appearances
22
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 648
14
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 648
Contributions
30
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 544 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
£1,304,824
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£301,191
33 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Migration
122 of 152 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
32 of 50 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
22 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 11 Mar 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
Aye
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (k) 23 Jul 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
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
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
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