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Sammy Wilson vs Sir Oliver Dowden
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sammy Wilson and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,130 shared comparable votes.
878 same votes
252 different votes
1,130 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
62.0%
11% below average
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API