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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Ian Sollom

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Ian Sollom voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

228 same votes 54 different votes 282 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
22 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
22 Aye 42 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 93% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 58% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 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
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 327 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
438
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
52.3% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
209
47.7% 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
85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 349 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
£208,212
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£208,212
8% below average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Education
43 of 50 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