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Lee Anderson vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 810 shared comparable votes.

790 same votes 20 different votes 810 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
32 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
32 Aye 74 No
54 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 87 shared votes
54 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 14 No
Housing 94% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
44 Aye 31 No
Migration 96% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 10 No
Transport 97% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
32 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
32 Aye 74 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 304 of 647
Participation
70.5 %
3 % below average
Rank 424 of 647
1,214
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,323 eligible divisions
608
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
758
46.3 % of votes cast
606
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
879
53.7 % of votes cast
10
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

49
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 647
Appearances
45
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
71
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 647
Contributions
55
-58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Defence
54 of 58 votes
#4
Transport
74 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API