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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Patrick Hurley

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Patrick Hurley voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 339 different votes 343 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
46 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
46 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 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
87.5%
15% above average
Rank 55 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
516
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
269
52.1% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
247
47.9% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.1% 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
56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
85
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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
£214,468
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£214,468
5% below average
17
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API