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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 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
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
46 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
28 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
28 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 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
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

87.6%
15% above average
Rank 52 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
517
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
271
52.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
246
47.6% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
11
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
68
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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

£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
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
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API