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Kate Osamor vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Kate Osamor and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,217 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,168 different votes 1,217 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
111 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
64 Aye 107 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 10 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
32 Aye 50 No
Migration 4% aligned 82 shared votes
47 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 65 shared votes
35 Aye 30 No
38 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,574
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
871
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
703
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

13
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
22
-123.9 vs Commons average
Rank 602 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

£1,989,895
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£250,449
11% above 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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
49 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Transport
76 of 95 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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