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Peter Dowd vs Dr Simon Opher

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 Dr Simon Opher
Dr Simon Opher
Lab Stroud

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

316 same votes 0 different votes 316 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
49 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
49 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
49 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 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
79.8 %
7 % above average
Rank 221 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
420
526 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
206
49.0 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
214
51.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
1.7 % 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
37
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648
Contributions
58
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 419 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
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
4 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
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
4 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