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Andy McDonald vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,311 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,248 different votes 1,311 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
111 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
64 Aye 107 No
24 Aye 20 No
Benefits 7% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 53 No
Migration 4% aligned 83 shared votes
50 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
2
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API