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Peter Dowd vs John Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and John Cooper voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 259 different votes 266 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
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
52 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
33 Aye 52 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
33 Aye 52 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 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
72.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 373 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
382
526 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
156
40.8 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
226
59.2 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % 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
84
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648
Contributions
104
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 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
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Tax
90 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

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