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Peter Dowd vs Sir Ashley Fox

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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Sir Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Sir Ashley Fox voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 279 different votes 287 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 2 No
Benefits 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
46 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
37 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
37 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 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
76.9%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 649
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
590 eligible divisions
916
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
45.4% of votes cast
721
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
248
54.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
Appearances
171
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649
Contributions
251
+105.1 vs Commons average
Rank 87 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
£159,406
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7% above average
Latest expenses
£159,406
30% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
37 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Tax
99 of 112 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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