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Peter Dowd vs Patrick Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 245 different votes 251 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
7 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
37 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
36 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
36 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 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
68.4 %
5 % below average
Rank 468 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
360
526 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
44.7 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
199
55.3 % 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
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
Appearances
0
-60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648
Contributions
0
-108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 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
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Transport
17 of 21 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API