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Jeff Smith vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,094 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,029 different votes 1,094 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
76 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 102 shared votes
30 Aye 72 No
15 Aye 14 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 47 No
Migration 5% aligned 73 shared votes
45 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API