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Susan Murray vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Susan Murray and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

189 same votes 50 different votes 239 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
18 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 17 shared votes
0 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 9 No
Education 89% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 58% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

61.6%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 415 of 650
389
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,417 eligible divisions
214
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
175
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

111
+16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 650
Appearances
58
-36.2 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
132
-32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Contributions
64
-100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£189,988
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£189,988
16% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Housing
24 of 32 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