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Sir Geoffrey Cox vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,166 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,114 different votes 1,166 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
36 Aye 36 No
Migration 7% aligned 72 shared votes
33 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 24 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
57 Aye 93 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 150 shared votes
94 Aye 56 No
74 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 124 shared votes
51 Aye 73 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
740
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
831
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

8
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
13
-132.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
16
3 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

Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API