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Jack Abbott vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Jack Abbott and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 336 different votes 348 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
44 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
32 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
32 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

90.8%
18% above average
Rank 15 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
536
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
265
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
271
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
3
0.6% 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

22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
29
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£181,221
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£181,221
20% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API