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Alan Strickland vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Alan Strickland
Alan Strickland
Lab Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Alan Strickland and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 330 different votes 334 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
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
46 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
32 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
32 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

88.1%
15% above average
Rank 42 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 420 of 649
511
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,668
2,366 eligible divisions
260
50.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
774
46.4% of votes cast
251
49.1% of votes cast
No votes
894
53.6% of votes cast
10
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

33
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Appearances
57
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 649
35
-102.1 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 649
Contributions
64
-73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,611
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£174,611
23% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API