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Rachel Gilmour vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Gilmour and Peter Dowd voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 168 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 139 different votes 168 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 3 No
Benefits 56% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
23 Aye 24 No
Tax 2% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 11% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 6 No
Defence 12% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

42.6%
30% below average
Rank 633 of 649
Participation
69.2%
4% below average
Rank 448 of 649
247
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,366 eligible divisions
136
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
111
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
3
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

123
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 649
Appearances
41
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
150
+12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Contributions
29
-108.1 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,467
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£174,467
23% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
7
5 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
24 of 31 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Benefits
17 of 30 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Defence
18 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API