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Jo Platt vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 660 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 621 different votes 660 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
7 Aye 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
74 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 112 shared votes
40 Aye 72 No
26 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 9 No
Migration 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 13 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
459
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
231
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
228
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

32
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
53
-90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
1 registered category
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 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