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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,411 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,331 different votes 1,411 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
64 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
111 Aye 60 No
18 Aye 21 No
Energy 8% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 27 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649
Contributions
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
16
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
197 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 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