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Nigel Farage vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 124 shared comparable votes.

116 same votes 8 different votes 124 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 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 93% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

30.8%
41% below average
Rank 630 of 649
Participation
70.5%
1% below average
Rank 410 of 649
179
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,669
2,368 eligible divisions
88
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
775
46.4% of votes cast
91
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
894
53.6% of votes cast
1
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

14
-65.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
58
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
16
-122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
Contributions
65
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
0
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
27 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
7 of 13 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API