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Samantha Dixon vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Samantha Dixon and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 536 shared comparable votes.

533 same votes 3 different votes 536 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
50 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
50 Aye 45 No
20 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
18 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 80% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
50 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
50 Aye 45 No
20 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
18 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

73.0%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
750
1,028 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,405 eligible divisions
367
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
55.7% of votes cast
383
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 1 Dec 2022
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

75
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
Appearances
53
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
286
+129.4 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Contributions
41
-115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£667,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£311,379
38% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
12 of 12 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Migration
83 of 97 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Energy
27 of 33 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API