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Alex Baker vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Alex Baker and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 277 different votes 280 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
39 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
24 Aye 39 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
24 Aye 39 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 275 of 647
Participation
70.5 %
3 % below average
Rank 424 of 647
414
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,323 eligible divisions
227
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
758
46.3 % of votes cast
187
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
879
53.7 % of votes cast
11
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

45
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 647
Appearances
45
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
49
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 647
Contributions
55
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£175,028
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£175,028
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
5 registered categories
0
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 61 votes
#4
Transport
74 of 91 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API