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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Caroline Voaden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Caroline Voaden voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

212 same votes 50 different votes 262 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 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 15 No
Education 90% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 3 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 58% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 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
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 442 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
409
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
207
50.6% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
202
49.4% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Appearances
184
+100.3 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
227
+81.1 vs Commons average
Rank 109 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
£193,283
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£193,283
15% below average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 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