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Lucy Powell vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,189 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,126 different votes 1,189 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
20 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
107 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 163 shared votes
59 Aye 104 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 52 No
Migration 4% aligned 75 shared votes
49 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 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

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Defence
51 of 71 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
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API