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Sam Carling vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 329 different votes 343 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 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
44 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
32 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
32 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
526
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
275
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
251
47.7% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
80
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 408 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

£150,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
0
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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Energy
19 of 20 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