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Gordon McKee vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Gordon McKee and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 308 different votes 313 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 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 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
Most different by topic
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 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
13 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
6% above average
Rank 238 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
461
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
229
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
232
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
11
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

121
+37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
141
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 221 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

£144,977
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£144,977
36% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
2 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

Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Housing
29 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API