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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Kim Johnson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Kim Johnson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 753 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 717 different votes 753 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
11 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 10 No
Energy 7% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
40 Aye 16 No
Migration 5% aligned 56 shared votes
13 Aye 43 No
7 Aye 13 No
Housing 5% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 31 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 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
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 414 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,173
1,658 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
595
50.7% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
578
49.3% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Appearances
102
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 305 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
£1,233,187
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£286,858
27% above average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
63 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
55 of 64 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Education
56 of 69 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API