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Alex Norris vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Alex Norris and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,171 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,104 different votes 1,171 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
19 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
96 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 152 shared votes
57 Aye 95 No
31 Aye 46 No
Migration 5% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
91 Aye 50 No
Tax 3% aligned 141 shared votes
46 Aye 95 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
39 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
20 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 302 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,597
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
891
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
706
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% 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

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
484
+340.5 vs Commons average
Rank 22 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

£1,827,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£301,924
33% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 73 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 46 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
159 of 188 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API