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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 256 shared comparable votes.

208 same votes 48 different votes 256 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

70.7%
2% below average
Rank 406 of 650
Participation
60.0%
12% below average
Rank 572 of 650
1,701
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
620 eligible divisions
795
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
207
55.6% of votes cast
906
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
165
44.4% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 650
Appearances
109
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
65
-98.5 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 650
Contributions
124
-39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 313 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
18
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
198 of 212 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Transport
78 of 96 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Trade
72 of 94 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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