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Rishi Sunak vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and Peter Dowd voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 785 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 739 different votes 785 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
22 Aye 11 No
Migration 9% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 10 No
Benefits 8% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
47 Aye 94 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 141 shared votes
95 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

42.3%
30% below average
Rank 631 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,005
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
454
45.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
551
54.8% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
4
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

42
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
51
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
9
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

Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Transport
52 of 95 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
20 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Rural communities 7 Jan 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
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