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Dr Lauren Sullivan vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Dr Lauren Sullivan and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 319 different votes 324 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
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
46 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
26 Aye 46 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
26 Aye 46 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 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 60 of 650
Participation
70.4 %
2 % below average
Rank 423 of 650
487
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,651
2,344 eligible divisions
259
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
766
46.4 % of votes cast
228
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
885
53.6 % of votes cast
10
2.1 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

49
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
Appearances
51
-19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
61
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 650
Contributions
61
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£154,312
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£154,312
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Transport
75 of 92 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API