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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Laurence Turner

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Laurence Turner voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 333 different votes 338 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
37 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
37 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
87.6%
15% above average
Rank 53 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
517
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
256
49.5% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
261
50.5% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.5% 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
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
134
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 230 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
£166,730
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£166,730
26% below average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API