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Douglas McAllister vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Douglas McAllister and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 342 different votes 348 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
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
42 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
24 Aye 42 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
24 Aye 42 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

88.3%
16% above average
Rank 41 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
521
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
257
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
264
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
17
3.3% 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

110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 238 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

£142,257
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£142,257
37% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
17
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API