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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Paula Barker
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Oliver Dowden and Paula Barker voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 855 shared comparable votes.
43 same votes
812 different votes
855 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
70.5%
2% below average
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API