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Shockat Adam vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Shockat Adam and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 45% of the time, based on 225 shared comparable votes.

102 same votes 123 different votes 225 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
8 Aye 13 No
Education 81% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 24 No
Tax 67% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 67% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 59% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 19% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

59.0%
14% below average
Rank 581 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
348
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
190
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
158
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
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

188
+104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
206
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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

£231,212
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£231,212
2% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
2
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

Housing
26 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
23 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Education
31 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API