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Sarah Pochin vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Peter Dowd voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 167 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 152 different votes 167 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
4 Aye 3 No
Benefits 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 1 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

100
+17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
41
-41.1 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 649
120
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Contributions
29
-113.9 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
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