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Steve Darling vs Peter Dowd
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Steve Darling and Peter Dowd voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.
41 same votes
224 different votes
265 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
67.1%
6% below average
Participation
69.2%
4% below average
389
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,366 eligible divisions
211
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
178
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
6
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
139
+60.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
41
-37.7 vs Commons average
177
+39.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
29
-108.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
7
5 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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026
18 Mar 2026
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API