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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.


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 342 different votes 348 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
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
42 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
42 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 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

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
Participation
88.3%
16% above average
Rank 41 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
49.3% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
264
50.7% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 649
Appearances
110
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
66
-76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649
Contributions
132
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 228 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
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37% below average
16
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
197 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API