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Martin McCluskey vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Martin McCluskey
Martin McCluskey
Lab Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Martin McCluskey and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 275 different votes 278 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
13 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
42 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
25 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
25 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

77.1%
5% above average
Rank 264 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
455
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
226
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
229
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
14
3.1% 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

74
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
315
+169.1 vs Commons average
Rank 55 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

£140,697
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£140,697
38% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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