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Taiwo Owatemi vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Taiwo Owatemi and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 824 shared comparable votes.

820 same votes 4 different votes 824 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
90 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
90 Aye 40 No
35 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
35 Aye 59 No
27 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 70 shared votes
27 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 16 No
Benefits 90% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
90 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
90 Aye 40 No
35 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
35 Aye 59 No
27 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 70 shared votes
27 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
659
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
578
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
13
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

5
-77.1 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
Appearances
41
-41.1 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 649
5
-137.9 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
Contributions
29
-113.9 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£280,621
24% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
3
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

Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 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
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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