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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Alicia Kearns

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Alicia Kearns voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 814 shared comparable votes.

810 same votes 4 different votes 814 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
59 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 103 shared votes
59 Aye 44 No
36 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
36 Aye 64 No
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 22 No
Migration 98% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
59 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 103 shared votes
59 Aye 44 No
36 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
36 Aye 64 No
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 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 417 of 649
Participation
70.3 %
2 % below average
Rank 422 of 649
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,155
1,643 eligible divisions
772
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
572
49.5 % of votes cast
893
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
583
50.5 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
25
2.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Appearances
117
+39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 650
66
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Contributions
170
+31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,417,308
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£320,176
42 % above average
17
5 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 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
197 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 44 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API