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Sarah Sackman vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Sarah Sackman
Sarah Sackman
Lab Finchley and Golders Green
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Sarah Sackman and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 302 shared comparable votes.

299 same votes 3 different votes 302 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
48 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
48 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

68.9%
3% below average
Rank 442 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
435
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
225
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
210
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

67
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
373
+208.4 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£206,246
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£206,246
9% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
14
5 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

Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 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
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API