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Debbie Abrahams vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Debbie Abrahams and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,224 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,168 different votes 1,224 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
110 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 167 shared votes
61 Aye 106 No
21 Aye 17 No
Benefits 8% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 65 shared votes
35 Aye 30 No
39 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
19 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
907
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
766
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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

£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£290,169
28% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
4
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API