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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Douglas McAllister

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

Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere
vs
Photograph of Douglas McAllister
Douglas McAllister
Lab West Dunbartonshire

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 373 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 367 different votes 373 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
42 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
42 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 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
88.5%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 650
1,701
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
549
620 eligible divisions
795
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
269
49.0% of votes cast
906
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
280
51.0% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
Appearances
123
+30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
65
-97.0 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650
Contributions
149
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 242 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
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37% below average
18
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Transport
78 of 96 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Trade
72 of 94 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
63 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API