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David Baines vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

David Baines and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 250 different votes 255 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
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 487 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
393
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
191
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
202
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
15
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 580 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

£136,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£136,662
40% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
0
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
29 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API