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Peter Dowd vs Gregory Stafford

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


Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 238 different votes 244 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
0 Aye 3 No
Benefits 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 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
76.8 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
526 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
44.8 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
223
55.2 % 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
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
Appearances
106
+45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648
Contributions
213
+104.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15 % 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
Tax
98 of 108 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API