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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Clive Jones

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Clive Jones voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

218 same votes 47 different votes 265 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
24 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
24 Aye 42 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 17 No
Education 96% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 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
Most different by topic
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 58% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 14 No
Housing 61% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 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 417 of 649
Participation
68.9 %
4 % below average
Rank 454 of 649
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
396
575 eligible divisions
772
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
205
51.8 % of votes cast
893
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
191
48.2 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Appearances
169
+91.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
66
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Contributions
200
+61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 123 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
£202,252
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£202,252
11 % below average
17
5 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Education
39 of 50 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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