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Stephen Doughty vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,269 shared comparable votes.

1,260 same votes 9 different votes 1,269 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
112 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 178 shared votes
112 Aye 66 No
59 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
59 Aye 65 No
33 Aye 47 No
Migration 100% aligned 80 shared votes
33 Aye 47 No
29 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 11 No
Benefits 89% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
91 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 155 shared votes
94 Aye 61 No
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 99% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
112 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 178 shared votes
112 Aye 66 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 492 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
1,596
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,405 eligible divisions
913
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
55.7% of votes cast
683
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

81
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Appearances
50
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 650
400
+247.8 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 650
Contributions
38
-114.2 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 81 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
66 of 81 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 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
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye rebel
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House Amdt 6 (J Lewis) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Cross-Border Trade Resolution: Amendment (e) 20 Nov 2017
Trade
No rebel
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API