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Peter Dowd vs Neil O'Brien

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

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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle
vs
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Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,263 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,215 different votes 1,263 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
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
87 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 149 shared votes
63 Aye 86 No
6 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
33 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
53 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 133 shared votes
81 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
916
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
721
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
Appearances
19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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
63 of 71 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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