The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 836 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 807 different votes 836 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
17 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 6 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 44 No
Migration 4% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
670
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
594
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 600 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

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
1 registered category
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API