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Sir Mark Tami vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mark Tami and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,423 shared comparable votes.

79 same votes 1,344 different votes 1,423 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
111 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
64 Aye 107 No
22 Aye 15 No
Energy 8% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 55 No
Migration 5% aligned 86 shared votes
53 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 37 No
Transport 0% aligned 68 shared votes
37 Aye 31 No
39 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
29 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

82.5%
10% above average
Rank 145 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,961
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
1,069
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
892
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

0
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
0
-143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,953,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£286,200
27% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API