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Vikki Slade vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Vikki Slade and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

213 same votes 56 different votes 269 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 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 11 No
Education 92% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 50% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 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

68.9%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 415 of 650
435
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,417 eligible divisions
243
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
192
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

322
+227.8 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 650
Appearances
58
-36.2 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
363
+198.9 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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

£142,768
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£142,768
37% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
13
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Defence
27 of 34 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