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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

234 same votes 61 different votes 295 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
24 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
24 Aye 42 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 93% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 58% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

70.4%
2% below average
Rank 415 of 650
Participation
73.9%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 650
1,701
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
631 eligible divisions
795
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
53.9% of votes cast
906
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
215
46.1% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
Appearances
215
+120.4 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650
64
-100.8 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
267
+102.2 vs Commons average
Rank 102 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
18
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
198 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Transport
78 of 98 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Trade
72 of 94 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API