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Helena Dollimore vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Helena Dollimore and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 287 different votes 300 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
34 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 260 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
456
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
218
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
238
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
3
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
106
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
Contributions
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£222,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£222,164
2% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
5
4 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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
26 of 29 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 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