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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Sir Oliver Dowden
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,389 shared comparable votes.
1,378 same votes
11 different votes
1,389 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
72.0%
same as average
Participation
70.6%
2% below average
1,726
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,692
2,396 eligible divisions
795
46.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.7% of votes cast
931
53.9% of votes cast
No votes
901
53.3% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
145
+57.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
61
-26.2 vs Commons average
181
+29.0 vs Commons average
Contributions
67
-85.0 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
3
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
No
rebel
draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022
11 Jul 2022
Aye
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API