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Richard Burgon vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,477 shared comparable votes.

1,464 same votes 13 different votes 1,477 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
136 Aye 84 No
Tax 100% aligned 220 shared votes
136 Aye 84 No
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
34 Aye 49 No
Migration 100% aligned 83 shared votes
34 Aye 49 No
30 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 12 No
Housing 96% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 17 No
Energy 96% aligned 51 shared votes
36 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 97% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
40 Aye 25 No
Education 98% aligned 65 shared votes
39 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 39 No
Trade 99% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No

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

Voting record

80.3 %
7 % above average
Rank 202 of 647
Participation
69.3 %
4 % below average
Rank 451 of 647
1,865
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,323 eligible divisions
1,027
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
906
56.3 % of votes cast
838
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
704
43.7 % of votes cast
40
2.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

73
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 647
Appearances
27
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 647
82
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Contributions
13
-100.8 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
7
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
70 of 75 votes
#1
Defence
52 of 59 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#3
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#5
Transport
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