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Peter Swallow vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Peter Swallow and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 382 shared comparable votes.

379 same votes 3 different votes 382 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
44 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
44 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
44 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
44 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

84.8%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
535
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
260
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
275
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

221
+126.6 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 650
Appearances
54
-40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
313
+148.5 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£169,409
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£169,409
25% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
3
3 registered categories
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

Housing
32 of 32 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
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API