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Sir Andrew Mitchell vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Andrew Mitchell and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,196 shared comparable votes.

1,182 same votes 14 different votes 1,196 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
66 Aye 94 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
66 Aye 94 No
56 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 103 shared votes
56 Aye 47 No
16 Aye 27 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 24 No
Benefits 100% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 20 No
Transport 95% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
36 Aye 20 No
Trade 96% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 29 No
Migration 97% aligned 63 shared votes
36 Aye 27 No
64 Aye 114 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 178 shared votes
64 Aye 114 No

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

Voting record

63.8 %
9 % below average
Rank 535 of 648
Participation
70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 429 of 648
1,474
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,628
2,312 eligible divisions
708
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
751
46.1 % of votes cast
766
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
877
53.9 % of votes cast
39
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

46
-14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 648
50
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 648
Contributions
52
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£265,608
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
20
6 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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

Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
119 of 169 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
61 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
#4
Transport
71 of 87 votes
Trade
59 of 88 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

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