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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Tom Collins

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


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Tom Collins voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 334 different votes 339 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 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
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 33 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
254
48.6% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
269
51.4% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Appearances
38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 528 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
£199,488
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£199,488
12% below average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API