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Rachel Blake vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 313 different votes 326 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 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
44 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
29 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
29 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
489
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
252
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
237
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
89
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 374 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

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
2
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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