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Afzal Khan vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Afzal Khan and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,195 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,139 different votes 1,195 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
96 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 154 shared votes
59 Aye 95 No
20 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 45 No
Migration 5% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 11 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
99 Aye 59 No
Tax 3% aligned 158 shared votes
54 Aye 104 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
38 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
22 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 230 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,665
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
927
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
738
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
41
-102.5 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,767,463
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£247,867
10% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Housing
52 of 55 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 52 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
44 of 49 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API