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Dr Zubir Ahmed vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Dr Zubir Ahmed and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 238 different votes 241 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
31 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

73.0 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 647
Participation
70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 424 of 647
393
538 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,324 eligible divisions
210
53.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
758
46.3 % of votes cast
183
46.6 % of votes cast
No votes
879
53.7 % of votes cast
12
3.1 % 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

61
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 647
Appearances
44
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 647
109
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 647
Contributions
54
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£243,911
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£243,911
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
5
4 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

Energy
16 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
74 of 91 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API