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Liz Twist vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Liz Twist and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,141 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,081 different votes 1,141 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
15 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 11 No
Energy 8% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
90 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 147 shared votes
58 Aye 89 No
26 Aye 45 No
Migration 6% aligned 71 shared votes
43 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,794
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
974
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
820
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

105
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
149
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£305,039
35% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
2
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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Housing
52 of 55 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Migration
149 of 163 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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