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Saqib Bhatti vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Saqib Bhatti and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 877 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 844 different votes 877 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
39 Aye 34 No
Migration 5% aligned 73 shared votes
30 Aye 43 No
11 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 22 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
667
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
681
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
Appearances
41
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
Contributions
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£271,361
20% above 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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Hunting Trophies Bill 2R 22 Mar 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 19 16 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
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