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Peter Dowd vs Steve Witherden

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 Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Steve Witherden voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

314 same votes 0 different votes 314 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
49 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
49 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
49 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 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
82.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
435
526 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.9 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
205
47.1 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % of votes cast
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
50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 648
Contributions
65
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API