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Lola McEvoy vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Lola McEvoy and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 347 different votes 352 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
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
46 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
32 Aye 46 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
46 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
32 Aye 46 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
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

89.8%
17% above average
Rank 21 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
530
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
262
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
268
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
11
2.1% 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

42
-41.7 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
52
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 505 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

£195,928
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£195,928
13% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
3 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API