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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Ben Maguire voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

196 same votes 46 different votes 242 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
23 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 50% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 70% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 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
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 649
Appearances
98
+15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 649
66
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 649
Contributions
114
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 290 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
16
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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