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Rachel Gilmour vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Gilmour and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 165 shared comparable votes.

133 same votes 32 different votes 165 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 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
Education 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 64% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 13 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

42.3 %
30 % below average
Rank 633 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 417 of 649
243
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
133
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
772
46.4 % of votes cast
110
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
893
53.6 % of votes cast
3
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

117
+39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650
Appearances
56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
138
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
Contributions
66
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,467
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£174,467
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
6
5 registered categories
Registered interests
17
5 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

Housing
24 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
6 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Benefits
17 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Defence
18 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API