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Wendy Chamberlain vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Wendy Chamberlain and Peter Dowd voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 789 shared comparable votes.

576 same votes 213 different votes 789 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
16 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 18 No
Trade 96% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 5 No
Energy 96% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 14 No
Education 32% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 39% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
65 Aye 50 No
Tax 45% aligned 115 shared votes
70 Aye 45 No
13 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 61% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
30 Aye 17 No
Defence 64% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

68.9%
4% below average
Rank 448 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,143
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
594
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
549
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% 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

116
+33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,350,009
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£308,895
37% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
10
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
46 of 50 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Migration
120 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
133 of 174 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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