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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Andrew Pakes

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Andrew Pakes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 235 different votes 238 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
28 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 429 of 648
Participation
69.0 %
4 % below average
Rank 456 of 648
1,628
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
363
526 eligible divisions
751
46.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
184
50.7 % of votes cast
877
53.9 % of votes cast
No votes
179
49.3 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
11
3.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 648
Appearances
56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648
Contributions
65
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£183,790
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£183,790
19 % below average
16
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Transport
71 of 87 votes
#4
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
18 of 22 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API