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Peter Dowd vs Greg Smith

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


Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Greg Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 925 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 902 different votes 925 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
12 Aye 16 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 6 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
92 Aye 54 No
Tax 2% aligned 146 shared votes
51 Aye 95 No
41 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 116 shared votes
73 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 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
89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,422
1,594 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
689
48.5 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
733
51.5 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
Appearances
159
+98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648
Contributions
229
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
148 of 152 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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