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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Steve Barclay voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,328 shared comparable votes.

1,325 same votes 3 different votes 1,328 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
74 Aye 107 No
Tax 100% aligned 181 shared votes
74 Aye 107 No
66 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
66 Aye 70 No
42 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 25 No
Transport 100% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 34 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
70 Aye 111 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 181 shared votes
69 Aye 112 No
74 Aye 107 No
Tax 100% aligned 181 shared votes
74 Aye 107 No
66 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
66 Aye 70 No
42 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 25 No
Transport 100% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 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 417 of 649
Participation
71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 392 of 649
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,689
2,361 eligible divisions
772
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
805
47.7 % of votes cast
893
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
884
52.3 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Appearances
76
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
66
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 290 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3 % above average
17
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API