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Ben Maguire vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Ben Maguire and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 227 shared comparable votes.

186 same votes 41 different votes 227 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
21 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 93% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 50% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 70% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 558 of 647
Participation
70.5 %
3 % below average
Rank 424 of 647
334
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,323 eligible divisions
176
52.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
758
46.3 % of votes cast
158
47.3 % of votes cast
No votes
879
53.7 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 647
Appearances
45
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
99
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 647
Contributions
55
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£178,125
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£178,125
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Trade
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Defence
19 of 22 votes
#4
Transport
74 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 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