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Anna Gelderd vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Anna Gelderd and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 258 different votes 272 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
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

68.0%
5% below average
Rank 464 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
191
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
210
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 395 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

£153,512
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£153,512
32% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
1
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
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 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