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Peter Dowd vs Sir Christopher Chope

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
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Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 957 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 926 different votes 957 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
21 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 20 No
Trade 6% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
102 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 158 shared votes
53 Aye 105 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 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 446 of 649
Participation
59.4 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,633
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,402
2,361 eligible divisions
915
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
596
42.5 % of votes cast
718
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
806
57.5 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
Appearances
44
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
29
-109.3 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 650
Contributions
42
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 530 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
No
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