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Richard Quigley vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Richard Quigley and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

360 same votes 2 different votes 362 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
60 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
60 Aye 43 No
7 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 90% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
60 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
60 Aye 43 No
7 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 184 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
508
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
237
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
271
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
13
2.6% 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

69
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
94
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£171,447
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£171,447
24% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
6
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Tax
110 of 121 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API