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Dr Neil Hudson vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Dr Neil Hudson and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 974 shared comparable votes.

954 same votes 20 different votes 974 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
51 Aye 83 No
Tax 100% aligned 134 shared votes
51 Aye 83 No
62 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
62 Aye 46 No
42 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 77 shared votes
42 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 18 No
Trade 82% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
51 Aye 83 No
Tax 100% aligned 134 shared votes
51 Aye 83 No
62 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
62 Aye 46 No
42 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 77 shared votes
42 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

84.8%
12% above average
Rank 97 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 415 of 650
1,440
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,417 eligible divisions
714
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
726
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

87
-7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
58
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
105
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 650
Contributions
64
-100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,070,160
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£223,469
1% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
18
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

Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
166 of 178 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Trade
52 of 56 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API