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Peter Dowd vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Ed Davey voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 962 shared comparable votes.

793 same votes 169 different votes 962 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
87 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 145 shared votes
87 Aye 58 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
31 Aye 41 No
Migration 96% aligned 72 shared votes
32 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 32% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 6 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 41% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
87 Aye 45 No
Tax 63% aligned 132 shared votes
80 Aye 52 No
19 Aye 13 No
Defence 72% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 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 446 of 649
Participation
60.4 %
12 % below average
Rank 572 of 649
1,633
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
2,106 eligible divisions
915
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
713
56.1 % of votes cast
718
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
558
43.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
Appearances
60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 650
29
-109.3 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 650
Contributions
98
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
63 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API