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Tom Tugendhat vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Tom Tugendhat and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,383 shared comparable votes.

1,355 same votes 28 different votes 1,383 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
68 Aye 116 No
Tax 100% aligned 184 shared votes
68 Aye 116 No
38 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
38 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 41 No
Education 100% aligned 60 shared votes
19 Aye 41 No
25 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 29 No
Benefits 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 19 No
Defence 95% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 16 No
Housing 97% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
64 Aye 123 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 187 shared votes
66 Aye 121 No
31 Aye 20 No
Trade 98% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 345 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 415 of 650
1,772
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,417 eligible divisions
850
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
922
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
Appearances
58
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
129
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 650
Contributions
64
-100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,161,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£287,101
27% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
49
5 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 registered categories
1
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
192 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Migration
141 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 82 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API