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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,346 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,280 different votes 1,346 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
109 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 171 shared votes
64 Aye 107 No
21 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 53 No
Migration 4% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
18
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

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
14
5 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API