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Alex Burghart vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,368 shared comparable votes.

1,357 same votes 11 different votes 1,368 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
65 Aye 105 No
Tax 100% aligned 170 shared votes
65 Aye 105 No
67 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
67 Aye 55 No
51 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 88 shared votes
51 Aye 37 No
39 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 42 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 67 shared votes
25 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
64 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 174 shared votes
65 Aye 109 No
65 Aye 105 No
Tax 100% aligned 170 shared votes
65 Aye 105 No
67 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
67 Aye 55 No
51 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 88 shared votes
51 Aye 37 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 650
Participation
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 650
1,827
2,146 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,697
2,401 eligible divisions
884
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.8% of votes cast
943
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
902
53.2% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
-1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650
Appearances
61
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
142
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Contributions
67
-85.0 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 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

Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Trade
86 of 90 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 76 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
70 of 76 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API