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Rebecca Smith vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

296 same votes 7 different votes 303 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
27 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 414 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
447
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,422 eligible divisions
213
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
797
46.8% of votes cast
234
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
907
53.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

172
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
Appearances
59
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
305
+137.9 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
Contributions
65
-102.1 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£213,132
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
18
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 66 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API