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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Jim Allister voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

220 same votes 22 different votes 242 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
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 9 No
Housing 71% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 80% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 91% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 429 of 648
Participation
72.2 %
1 % below average
Rank 380 of 648
1,628
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
380
526 eligible divisions
751
46.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
185
48.7 % of votes cast
877
53.9 % of votes cast
No votes
195
51.3 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 648
Appearances
149
+89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 648
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 648
Contributions
180
+72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8 % below average
16
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
4 of 4 votes
Transport
71 of 87 votes
#4
Migration
10 of 11 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API