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Sir Oliver Dowden vs John Milne

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and John Milne voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

216 same votes 58 different votes 274 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
24 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
24 Aye 37 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
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 58% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 17 No
Housing 67% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 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
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 399 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
53.9% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
194
46.1% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Appearances
150
+68.2 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649
66
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 649
Contributions
176
+33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 162 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
£163,162
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£163,162
28% below average
16
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 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