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Ed Davey vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Ed Davey and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 962 shared comparable votes.

198 same votes 764 different votes 962 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
18 Aye 13 No
Education 65% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 64% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
2 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 59% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 59% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
70 Aye 53 No
Tax 35% aligned 123 shared votes
42 Aye 81 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
32 Aye 42 No
Migration 4% aligned 74 shared votes
39 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
103 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 158 shared votes
55 Aye 103 No

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

Voting record

60.3%
12% below average
Rank 574 of 650
Participation
70.6%
2% below average
Rank 420 of 650
1,281
2,126 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,680
2,381 eligible divisions
718
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
783
46.6% of votes cast
563
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
897
53.4% of votes cast
8
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

67
-18.2 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
Appearances
62
-23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 650
110
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
Contributions
68
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
11
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
170 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 70 votes
Migration
113 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
126 of 198 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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