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Sarah Jones vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Sarah Jones and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,164 shared comparable votes.

1,161 same votes 3 different votes 1,164 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
103 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 155 shared votes
103 Aye 52 No
91 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
91 Aye 63 No
40 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
40 Aye 74 No
28 Aye 45 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
28 Aye 45 No
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 14 No
Benefits 91% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
103 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 155 shared votes
103 Aye 52 No
91 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
91 Aye 63 No
40 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
40 Aye 74 No
28 Aye 45 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
28 Aye 45 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 479 of 650
Participation
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
1,435
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,664
2,406 eligible divisions
794
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.8% of votes cast
641
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

114
+23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Appearances
53
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
664
+505.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
Contributions
41
-117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£279,929
24% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
1
1 registered category
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
164 of 189 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
136 of 163 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 82 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Trade
71 of 90 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 47 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API