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Peter Dowd vs Mr Jonathan Brash

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 Mr Jonathan Brash
Mr Jonathan Brash
Lab Hartlepool

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Mr Jonathan Brash voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

297 same votes 0 different votes 297 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
49 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
49 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
49 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 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
75.3 %
2 % above average
Rank 312 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
396
526 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
187
47.2 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
209
52.8 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
5
1.3 % 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
102
+41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648
Contributions
126
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 159 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
£171,030
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£171,030
24 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Trade
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

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 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API