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Leigh Ingham vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Leigh Ingham and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 262 different votes 274 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 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

66.9%
6% below average
Rank 479 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
395
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
195
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
200
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

113
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650
Contributions
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£240,870
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£240,870
6% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 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