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Peter Dowd vs Lee Barron

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 Lee Barron
Lee Barron
Lab Corby and East Northamptonshire

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Lee Barron voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

301 same votes 0 different votes 301 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
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
51 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
51 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 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
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 321 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
395
526 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
193
48.9 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
202
51.1 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8 % 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
24
-36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648
Contributions
30
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£218,179
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£218,179
4 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Energy
16 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Education
42 of 49 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Tax
92 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API