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Peter Dowd vs Sadik Al-Hassan

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 Sadik Al-Hassan
Sadik Al-Hassan
Lab North Somerset

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Sadik Al-Hassan voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

377 same votes 3 different votes 380 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
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 9 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
Participation
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 110 of 650
1,664
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
620 eligible divisions
928
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
48.4% of votes cast
736
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
269
51.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
Appearances
70
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
41
-122.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650
Contributions
91
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£192,748
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7% above average
Latest expenses
£192,748
15% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API