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Bob Blackman vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,607 shared comparable votes.

1,558 same votes 49 different votes 1,607 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
80 Aye 129 No
Tax 100% aligned 209 shared votes
80 Aye 129 No
77 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 150 shared votes
77 Aye 73 No
40 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 44 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 70 shared votes
26 Aye 44 No
28 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 129 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 198 shared votes
72 Aye 126 No
36 Aye 36 No
Trade 94% aligned 72 shared votes
38 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
54 Aye 32 No
Migration 97% aligned 86 shared votes
51 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 17 No
Housing 97% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

87.4%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,422 eligible divisions
992
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
797
46.8% of votes cast
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
907
53.2% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
Appearances
58
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
Contributions
64
-102.4 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 registered categories
8
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

Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API