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Melanie Onn vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Melanie Onn and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 783 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 733 different votes 783 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
86 Aye 40 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 126 shared votes
46 Aye 80 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
32 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
4 Aye 12 No
Migration 6% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
214
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
222
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
113
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 295 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

£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£201,216
11% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Tax
94 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