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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 79% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

216 same votes 59 different votes 275 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
10 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 85% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 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
8 Aye 15 No
Housing 70% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

66.9%
6% below average
Rank 476 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 415 of 650
422
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,417 eligible divisions
232
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
190
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
7
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

157
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650
Appearances
58
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
188
+23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Contributions
64
-100.8 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650

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
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
18
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
198 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API