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Max Wilkinson vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Max Wilkinson and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

200 same votes 54 different votes 254 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
13 Aye 16 No
Education 93% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 88% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 47% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 56% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

68.5%
4% below average
Rank 455 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
404
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
227
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
177
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
3
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

121
+39.2 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
147
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 649
Contributions
66
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£196,958
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£196,958
13% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
4
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Tax
86 of 112 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API