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Luke Pollard vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,083 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,022 different votes 1,083 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
95 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 153 shared votes
59 Aye 94 No
19 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
32 Aye 48 No
Migration 5% aligned 80 shared votes
46 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

69.3%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,469
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
810
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
659
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% 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

71
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
673
+529.5 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
3
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
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Trade
71 of 87 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
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API