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Steve Darling vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

204 same votes 57 different votes 261 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
24 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
24 Aye 38 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 93% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 4 No
Transport 85% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 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