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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Sarah Gibson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Sarah Gibson voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

184 same votes 48 different votes 232 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
15 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 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
7 Aye 10 No
Education 94% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 55% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 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

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
Participation
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 541 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
200
53.8% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
172
46.2% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
Appearances
26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649
Contributions
32
-111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 569 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
£230,135
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£230,135
2% above average
16
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
45 of 62 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