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Martin Vickers vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,554 shared comparable votes.

1,528 same votes 26 different votes 1,554 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
79 Aye 126 No
Tax 100% aligned 205 shared votes
79 Aye 126 No
76 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
76 Aye 72 No
54 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
39 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
36 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
68 Aye 130 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 198 shared votes
72 Aye 126 No
20 Aye 48 No
Education 99% aligned 68 shared votes
21 Aye 47 No
79 Aye 126 No
Tax 100% aligned 205 shared votes
79 Aye 126 No
76 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
76 Aye 72 No
54 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 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 98 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 415 of 650
2,048
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,417 eligible divisions
970
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
1,078
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
26
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

177
+82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
Appearances
58
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
176
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 650
Contributions
64
-100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
206 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API