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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 754 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 712 different votes 754 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
27 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
27 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 61 shared votes
37 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 4 No
Migration 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 63 No
Tax 0% aligned 118 shared votes
63 Aye 55 No
21 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
7
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649
Contributions
7
-136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
16
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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