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Matt Rodda vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Matt Rodda and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,250 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,192 different votes 1,250 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
96 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 152 shared votes
57 Aye 95 No
20 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
32 Aye 48 No
Migration 5% aligned 80 shared votes
46 Aye 34 No
14 Aye 11 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
40 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
20 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

81.8%
9% above average
Rank 163 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,734
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
943
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
791
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
16
0.9% 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

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 343 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

£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£254,181
12% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
1
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Housing
52 of 55 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Education
70 of 76 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 73 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API