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Tom Hayes vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Tom Hayes and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

364 same votes 3 different votes 367 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
54 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
54 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 73% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
54 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
54 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

81.3%
9% above average
Rank 168 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
513
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
252
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
261
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

163
+68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
221
+56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£222,072
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£222,072
2% below 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

Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API