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James Asser vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

James Asser and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 326 different votes 330 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 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

85.6%
13% above average
Rank 81 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
505
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
256
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
249
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
14
2.8% 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

52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
67
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 456 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

£173,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API