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Keir Mather vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 289 different votes 308 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
5 Aye 11 No
Migration 19% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
35 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
602
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
294
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
308
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
524
+380.5 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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