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Shabana Mahmood vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 977 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 929 different votes 977 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 7 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
111 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
64 Aye 107 No
22 Aye 9 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
730
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
539
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
14
1.1% 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

69
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
817
+673.5 vs Commons average
Rank 5 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

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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