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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 196 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 184 different votes 196 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
28 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
156
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 103 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

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
2 registered categories
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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Tax
63 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