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Mr Paul Foster vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 279 different votes 285 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
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
38 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
18 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
18 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 423 of 650
455
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,655
2,349 eligible divisions
230
50.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
768
46.4 % of votes cast
225
49.5 % of votes cast
No votes
887
53.6 % of votes cast
7
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

31
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 650
Appearances
53
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 650
51
-74.8 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Contributions
63
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API