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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,511 shared comparable votes.

1,468 same votes 43 different votes 1,511 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
75 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 142 shared votes
75 Aye 67 No
39 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
16 Aye 43 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
16 Aye 43 No
22 Aye 29 No
Benefits 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 35 No
Trade 94% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
65 Aye 130 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 195 shared votes
70 Aye 125 No
58 Aye 33 No
Migration 95% aligned 91 shared votes
55 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 26 No
Housing 98% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

81.1%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
1,965
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,422 eligible divisions
900
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
797
46.8% of votes cast
1,065
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
907
53.2% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

100
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
Appearances
58
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
162
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
64
-102.4 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 registered categories
6
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
209 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Housing
60 of 68 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API