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Kirsteen Sullivan vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Kirsteen Sullivan and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 276 different votes 281 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
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
40 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 390 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
422
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
225
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
197
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
16
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 361 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

£198,590
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£198,590
12% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
3 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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API