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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Josh Babarinde

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 52 different votes 269 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 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
24 Aye 41 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
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 91% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 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
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 425 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
54.0% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
191
46.0% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% 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
116
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
133
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 234 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
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
26 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