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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Matt Vickers

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Matt Vickers voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 935 shared comparable votes.

922 same votes 13 different votes 935 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
46 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 117 shared votes
46 Aye 71 No
40 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 97 shared votes
58 Aye 39 No
46 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 117 shared votes
46 Aye 71 No
40 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

70.7%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 650
Participation
78.4%
6% above average
Rank 232 of 650
1,700
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,323
1,687 eligible divisions
795
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
638
48.2% of votes cast
905
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
685
51.8% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Appearances
109
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
Contributions
211
+56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31% above average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
198 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
57 of 64 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Transport
78 of 96 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 41 votes
Trade
72 of 94 votes
#5
Trade
48 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API