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Daniel Francis vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Daniel Francis and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 327 different votes 333 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
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

87.3%
15% above average
Rank 56 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
515
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
245
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
270
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
15
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

126
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
172
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 168 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

£143,753
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£143,753
36% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API