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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Alan Strickland

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Alan Strickland voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 337 different votes 341 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
32 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
46 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
46 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
Participation
88.1%
16% above average
Rank 42 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
50.0% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.0% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Appearances
33
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
34
-111.9 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,611
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£174,611
23% below average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
197 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API