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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 305 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 298 different votes 305 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
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
18 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 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

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
480
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
240
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
240
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
8
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649

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
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
17
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API