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Priti Patel vs Sir Oliver Dowden
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Priti Patel and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,222 shared comparable votes.
1,199 same votes
23 different votes
1,222 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
61.5%
11% below average
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
1,487
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,417 eligible divisions
679
45.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
808
54.3% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
14
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
65
-29.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
58
-36.5 vs Commons average
88
-76.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
64
-100.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 registered categories
12
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API