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Alex Davies-Jones vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Alex Davies-Jones
Alex Davies-Jones
Lab Pontypridd
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Alex Davies-Jones and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 755 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 724 different votes 755 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
14 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 5 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 44 No
Migration 4% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,184
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
606
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
578
48.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
293
+147.3 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
Contributions
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,333,464
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£314,112
39% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
17
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

Democracy / Parliament
37 of 41 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
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