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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 385 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 363 different votes 385 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
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 15 No
Migration 11% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 31 No
Tax 2% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 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
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 119 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
16
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 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