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Jim Allister vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Jim Allister and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

264 same votes 25 different votes 289 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
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 71% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 80% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 414 of 650
Participation
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 406 of 650
437
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,406 eligible divisions
215
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
222
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% 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, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

208
+117.0 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650
Appearances
59
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
294
+135.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
Contributions
65
-93.5 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£209,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£209,116
8% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
2 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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Tax
90 of 114 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API