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Catherine McKinnell vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Catherine McKinnell and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,251 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,191 different votes 1,251 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
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
104 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 168 shared votes
65 Aye 103 No
21 Aye 13 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 32 No
Trade 5% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
33 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

68.2%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,621
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
888
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
733
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
17
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

34
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
70
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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

£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£312,180
38% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
7
4 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

Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API