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Sarah Gibson vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Gibson and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

184 same votes 48 different votes 232 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
15 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 94% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 5 No
Housing 55% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 58% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

63.1%
10% below average
Rank 541 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
372
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
200
53.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
172
46.2% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
32
-113.9 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£230,135
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£230,135
2% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
6
3 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

#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
45 of 62 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