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Lauren Edwards vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 310 different votes 325 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 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
38 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 85 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
504
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
248
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
256
50.8% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

46
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 464 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

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41% 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Defence
32 of 34 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