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Gregory Stafford vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

319 same votes 8 different votes 327 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
30 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

76.4%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
486
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,422 eligible divisions
225
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
797
46.8% of votes cast
261
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
907
53.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

164
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Appearances
59
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
306
+138.9 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
Contributions
65
-102.1 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 registered categories
5
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

Tax
109 of 122 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
57 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 42 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

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