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Chris Philp vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Chris Philp and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,543 shared comparable votes.

1,540 same votes 3 different votes 1,543 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 116 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
80 Aye 116 No
74 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 143 shared votes
74 Aye 69 No
58 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 93 shared votes
58 Aye 35 No
42 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
38 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
70 Aye 126 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 196 shared votes
71 Aye 125 No
80 Aye 116 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
80 Aye 116 No
74 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 143 shared votes
74 Aye 69 No
58 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 93 shared votes
58 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
959
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
17
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
86
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£215,599
5% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
17
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
209 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API