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Natasha Irons vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Natasha Irons and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 318 different votes 331 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
28 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
28 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

86.1%
13% above average
Rank 76 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
508
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
253
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
255
50.2% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

42
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
59
-86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 650
Contributions
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£150,494
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£150,494
33% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
0
0 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

Transport
29 of 29 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 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