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Martin Rhodes vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Martin Rhodes and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 319 different votes 324 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
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
31 Aye 42 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
31 Aye 42 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 97 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
500
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
239
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
261
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
10
2.0% 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

85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
102
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 330 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

£133,441
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£133,441
41% 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API