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Andrew Western vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 334 different votes 355 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 12 No
Migration 14% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
364
51.1% 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
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
298
+154.5 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
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

Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Education
50 of 58 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