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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 78% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

201 same votes 56 different votes 257 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
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 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

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 430 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
413
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
230
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
183
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

275
+192.7 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
370
+226.5 vs Commons average
Rank 41 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

£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
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
16
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
197 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API