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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Steff Aquarone

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Steff Aquarone voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 53 different votes 270 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
21 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
21 Aye 36 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
10 Aye 16 No
Education 96% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 58% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 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
70.8%
2% below average
Rank 413 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
228
54.5% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
190
45.5% 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
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Appearances
94
+12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
66
-76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 649
Contributions
110
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 304 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
£256,474
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£256,474
13% above average
16
4 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 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