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Alison McGovern vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,264 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,204 different votes 1,264 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
106 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 167 shared votes
63 Aye 104 No
18 Aye 10 No
Energy 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 13 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 45 No
Migration 4% aligned 77 shared votes
42 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
36 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
20 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 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 432 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
430
+286.5 vs Commons average
Rank 29 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

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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