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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Helen Whately
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Oliver Dowden and Helen Whately voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,551 shared comparable votes.
1,537 same votes
14 different votes
1,551 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
70.6%
2% below average
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
1,687
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,992
2,390 eligible divisions
786
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
953
47.8% of votes cast
901
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
61
-25.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
51
-35.9 vs Commons average
67
-84.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
75
-76.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API