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Tahir Ali vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 826 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 799 different votes 826 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
13 Aye 6 No
Energy 11% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 43 No
Migration 4% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
664
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
593
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

28
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 545 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

£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API