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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,489 shared comparable votes.

1,470 same votes 19 different votes 1,489 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
79 Aye 110 No
Tax 100% aligned 189 shared votes
79 Aye 110 No
64 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
64 Aye 54 No
56 Aye 36 No
Migration 100% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 47 No
Education 100% aligned 67 shared votes
20 Aye 47 No
39 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 129 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 193 shared votes
69 Aye 124 No
79 Aye 110 No
Tax 100% aligned 189 shared votes
79 Aye 110 No
64 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
64 Aye 54 No
56 Aye 36 No
Migration 100% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 47 No
Education 100% aligned 67 shared votes
20 Aye 47 No

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

Voting record

80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
70.6%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 650
1,920
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,390 eligible divisions
918
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
786
46.6% of votes cast
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
901
53.4% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
61
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
112
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
67
-84.4 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
1
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 70 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Defence
59 of 71 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API