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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 82% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

190 same votes 43 different votes 233 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
21 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 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
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
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

70.4 %
2 % below average
Rank 423 of 650
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 561 of 650
1,651
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
345
558 eligible divisions
766
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
185
53.6 % of votes cast
885
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
160
46.4 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
Appearances
78
+8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
61
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
Contributions
91
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21 % below average
16
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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 31 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
27 of 33 votes
Transport
75 of 92 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
4 of 5 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API