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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Matthew Patrick

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Matthew Patrick voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 277 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 274 different votes 277 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
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 429 of 648
Participation
82.3 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 648
1,628
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
526 eligible divisions
751
46.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
215
49.7 % of votes cast
877
53.9 % of votes cast
No votes
218
50.3 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
8
1.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 648
Appearances
23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648
Contributions
69
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,976
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£174,976
23 % below average
16
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
197 of 211 votes
#1
Transport
21 of 21 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Transport
71 of 87 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API