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Gareth Snell vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 694 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 645 different votes 694 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
66 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 105 shared votes
38 Aye 67 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 20 No
Transport 5% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 10 No
Trade 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

86.8%
14% above average
Rank 61 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
512
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
251
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
261
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

174
+92.2 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
267
+124.5 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Contributions
66
-76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
4
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API