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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,359 shared comparable votes.

1,348 same votes 11 different votes 1,359 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
62 Aye 108 No
Tax 100% aligned 170 shared votes
62 Aye 108 No
68 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
68 Aye 49 No
40 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 42 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 64 shared votes
22 Aye 42 No
32 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 31 No
Migration 96% aligned 77 shared votes
49 Aye 28 No
65 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 170 shared votes
65 Aye 105 No
62 Aye 108 No
Tax 100% aligned 170 shared votes
62 Aye 108 No
68 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
68 Aye 49 No
40 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 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 407 of 650
Participation
84.5%
12% above average
Rank 103 of 650
1,697
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,814
2,146 eligible divisions
795
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
49.4% of votes cast
902
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
917
50.6% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

61
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
Appearances
19
-68.2 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
67
-85.0 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
23
-129.0 vs Commons average
Rank 603 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
17
4 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
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 76 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
Trade
72 of 94 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
69 of 76 votes

Recent voting overlap

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