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Tim Farron vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Tim Farron and Peter Dowd voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 1,132 shared comparable votes.

893 same votes 239 different votes 1,132 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
18 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
93 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 153 shared votes
96 Aye 57 No
21 Aye 25 No
Trade 96% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 43 No
Migration 93% aligned 73 shared votes
31 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 92% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 44% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 14 No
Education 47% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
85 Aye 66 No
Tax 56% aligned 151 shared votes
101 Aye 50 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 57% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 22 No
Defence 62% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 550 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
1,513
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
831
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
682
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
23
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

186
+91.4 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 650
220
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.8 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
14
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
25
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

#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API