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Alison Taylor vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Alison Taylor and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 194 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 189 different votes 194 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
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

46.9%
26% below average
Rank 626 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
118
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
159
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
14
5.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
76
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£192,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£192,583
15% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
9
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

NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Housing
22 of 32 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Transport
18 of 29 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API