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Claire Hughes vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 324 different votes 336 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 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
530
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
271
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
259
48.9% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

0
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
0
-145.7 vs Commons average
Rank 643 of 650
Contributions
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
17
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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