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Lewis Cocking vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Lewis Cocking and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

370 same votes 9 different votes 379 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
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 229 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
500
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,422 eligible divisions
229
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
797
46.8% of votes cast
271
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
907
53.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

127
+30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
Appearances
60
-36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
174
+6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
Contributions
66
-101.2 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£181,438
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£181,438
20% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
18
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Crime / Justice
57 of 66 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API