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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 267 shared comparable votes.

242 same votes 25 different votes 267 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 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 9 No
Housing 71% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 80% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 91% aligned 23 shared votes
12 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

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 431 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
49.2% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
210
50.8% 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
195
+111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
255
+109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8% below average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Tax
90 of 112 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API