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Helen Maguire vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Helen Maguire and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.

193 same votes 41 different votes 234 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
23 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
23 Aye 42 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 16 No
Education 93% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 50% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

62.7%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
370
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
192
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
178
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

158
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
185
+39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 153 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

£217,983
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£217,983
4% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
17
7 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
1
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API