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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,239 shared comparable votes.

1,225 same votes 14 different votes 1,239 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
67 Aye 94 No
Tax 100% aligned 161 shared votes
67 Aye 94 No
59 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
59 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 28 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 24 No
Benefits 100% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 25 No
Transport 95% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
34 Aye 27 No
Trade 97% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
36 Aye 27 No
Migration 97% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
64 Aye 115 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 179 shared votes
64 Aye 115 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 408 of 650
Participation
63.1%
9% below average
Rank 541 of 650
1,700
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,518
2,405 eligible divisions
795
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
731
48.2% of votes cast
905
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
787
51.8% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

60
-28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Appearances
63
-25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
66
-87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
Contributions
73
-80.9 vs Commons average
Rank 455 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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

Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Transport
78 of 96 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Trade
72 of 94 votes
#5
Trade
64 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No rebel
No
Aye rebel
No
Aye rebel
No rebel
Aye
No
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API