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Charlotte Nichols vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Charlotte Nichols and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 812 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 785 different votes 812 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
8 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 7 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 43 No
Migration 5% aligned 63 shared votes
40 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 16 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,280
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
655
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
625
48.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

15
-67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
17
-126.5 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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

£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£305,109
35% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
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

Education
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Housing
50 of 54 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
43 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Defence
61 of 70 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