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Rachel Reeves vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Reeves and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 946 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 897 different votes 946 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
12 Aye 6 No
Energy 11% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
104 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 163 shared votes
61 Aye 102 No
26 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 4% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 39 No
Migration 0% aligned 56 shared votes
39 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

50.0%
23% below average
Rank 622 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,189
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
680
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
509
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
535
+391.5 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,061,546
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£291,343
29% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
8
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

Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
115 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Trade
56 of 91 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