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Chris McDonald vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Chris McDonald and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 271 different votes 275 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
41 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
26 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
26 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

78.6 %
5 % above average
Rank 242 of 647
Participation
70.5 %
3 % below average
Rank 424 of 647
422
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,323 eligible divisions
211
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
758
46.3 % of votes cast
211
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
879
53.7 % of votes cast
10
2.4 % 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

87
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 647
Appearances
45
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
302
+188.4 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 647
Contributions
55
-58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£217,932
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Energy
15 of 17 votes
#4
Transport
74 of 91 votes
Transport
22 of 25 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API