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Dame Nia Griffith vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,358 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,291 different votes 1,358 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
111 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
64 Aye 107 No
24 Aye 15 No
Energy 8% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
39 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
24 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,849
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
1,023
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
826
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
5
4 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Migration
148 of 171 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
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API