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Marie Goldman vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Marie Goldman and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

222 same votes 61 different votes 283 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
24 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
24 Aye 43 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 93% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 50% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 53% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 410 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 415 of 650
445
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,417 eligible divisions
241
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
204
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Appearances
58
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
95
-69.5 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
64
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£150,033
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£150,033
34% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
8
3 registered categories
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

#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 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