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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Mr Lee Dillon

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Mr Lee Dillon voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

196 same votes 44 different votes 240 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
21 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
21 Aye 36 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 93% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 2 No
Housing 56% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 58% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
60.8%
12% below average
Rank 568 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
359
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
53.2% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
168
46.8% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
40
-43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
53
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 499 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
£213,882
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£213,882
5% below average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
46 of 62 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Education
37 of 50 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
23 of 34 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