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Peter Dowd vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,452 shared comparable votes.

1,451 same votes 1 different votes 1,452 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
144 Aye 84 No
Tax 100% aligned 228 shared votes
144 Aye 84 No
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
63 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 142 shared votes
63 Aye 79 No
35 Aye 51 No
Migration 100% aligned 86 shared votes
35 Aye 51 No
46 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 71 shared votes
46 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
144 Aye 84 No
Tax 100% aligned 228 shared votes
144 Aye 84 No
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
63 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 142 shared votes
63 Aye 79 No
35 Aye 51 No
Migration 100% aligned 86 shared votes
35 Aye 51 No
46 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 71 shared votes
46 Aye 25 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
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 649
1,633
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,815
2,361 eligible divisions
915
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
56.4 % of votes cast
718
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
792
43.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
Appearances
29
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
29
-109.3 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 650
Contributions
15
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 607 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API