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David Chadwick vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

David Chadwick and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 52 different votes 259 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
22 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
22 Aye 37 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 15 No
Education 96% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 55% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 57% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 463 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
216
53.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
186
46.3% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

99
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
133
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Contributions
66
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£178,068
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£178,068
21% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
6
3 registered categories
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 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