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Shivani Raja vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Shivani Raja and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

303 same votes 8 different votes 311 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
20 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

64.0%
8% below average
Rank 528 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
407
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,422 eligible divisions
201
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
797
46.8% of votes cast
206
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
907
53.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

39
-58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
Appearances
58
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
48
-121.2 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650
Contributions
64
-105.2 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£205,066
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£205,066
9% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
18
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

Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Housing
28 of 33 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

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