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Peter Dowd vs Jeremy Corbyn

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 Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
Ind Islington North

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Jeremy Corbyn voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,153 shared comparable votes.

1,060 same votes 93 different votes 1,153 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
99 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
99 Aye 62 No
27 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 52% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 13 No
Education 73% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 15 No
Defence 84% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
48 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 85% aligned 116 shared votes
59 Aye 57 No
103 Aye 52 No
Tax 90% aligned 155 shared votes
94 Aye 61 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
62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 559 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,438
2,312 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
796
55.4 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
642
44.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 648
Appearances
87
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 648
14
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 648
Contributions
125
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 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
£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,788
26 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
29
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
Migration
142 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
53 of 75 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
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 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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