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Laurence Turner vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Laurence Turner and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 333 different votes 338 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 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

87.6%
15% above average
Rank 53 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
517
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
256
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
261
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
13
2.5% 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 288 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
134
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 230 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

£166,730
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£166,730
26% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API