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Sarah Smith vs Peter Dowd
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sarah Smith and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.
303 same votes
4 different votes
307 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
64.2%
8% below average
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
405
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
214
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
191
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
14
3.5% 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
71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
89
-75.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
41
-123.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API