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Cat Eccles vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Cat Eccles and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 199 different votes 215 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
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
327
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
142
43.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
185
56.6% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
10
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

101
+18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
127
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 242 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

£179,390
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£179,390
21% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 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