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Shockat Adam vs Peter Dowd

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

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Shockat Adam
Ind Leicester South
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Shockat Adam and Peter Dowd voted the same way 45% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

107 same votes 131 different votes 238 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 4 No
Benefits 88% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 67% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 63% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 14 No
Education 16% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 9 No
Housing 28% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

58.4 %
14 % below average
Rank 583 of 649
Participation
69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 446 of 649
336
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,633
2,361 eligible divisions
182
54.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
915
56.0 % of votes cast
154
45.8 % of votes cast
No votes
718
44.0 % of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

173
+95.4 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 649
Appearances
41
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
185
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Contributions
29
-108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£230,874
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£230,874
2 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Housing
26 of 31 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Defence
23 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Education
31 of 50 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Migration
8 of 13 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API