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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 79% of the time, based on 180 shared comparable votes.

143 same votes 37 different votes 180 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
0 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 88% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 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

42.9%
29% below average
Rank 631 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 415 of 650
271
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,417 eligible divisions
151
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
120
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
3
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

134
+39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Appearances
58
-36.2 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
162
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Contributions
64
-100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 495 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
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
18
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

Housing
24 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Benefits
17 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Crime / Justice
36 of 66 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API