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Siân Berry vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Siân Berry
Siân Berry
Green Brighton Pavilion
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Siân Berry and Peter Dowd voted the same way 63% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

194 same votes 113 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
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Energy 82% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
37 Aye 34 No
Tax 73% aligned 71 shared votes
44 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 13 No
Housing 43% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 44% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 44% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 220 of 649
Participation
69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 446 of 649
455
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,633
2,361 eligible divisions
250
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
915
56.0 % of votes cast
205
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
718
44.0 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
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

90
+11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Appearances
41
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
183
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Contributions
29
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£220,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£220,854
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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