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Peter Lamb vs Peter Dowd

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

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Peter Lamb
Lab Crawley
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Peter Lamb and Peter Dowd voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

408 same votes 7 different votes 415 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
61 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
61 Aye 44 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 20 No
Defence 88% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
61 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
61 Aye 44 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

92.3%
20% above average
Rank 8 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 650
584
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,677
2,419 eligible divisions
292
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
938
55.9% of votes cast
292
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
18
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

32
-64.1 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 650
Appearances
51
-45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
46
-121.2 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
Contributions
41
-126.2 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,437
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£133,437
41% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API