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Andrew Pakes vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Andrew Pakes
Andrew Pakes
Lab Peterborough
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Andrew Pakes and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 247 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 244 different votes 247 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 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
28 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

69.5 %
4 % below average
Rank 444 of 647
Participation
70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 424 of 647
374
538 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,324 eligible divisions
186
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
758
46.3 % of votes cast
188
50.3 % of votes cast
No votes
879
53.7 % of votes cast
11
2.9 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

63
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 647
Appearances
45
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 647
74
-41.5 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 647
Contributions
55
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£183,790
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£183,790
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
10 of 10 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
22 of 25 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
#4
Transport
74 of 91 votes
Defence
18 of 22 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API