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Anna Dixon vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Anna Dixon
Anna Dixon
Lab Shipley
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Anna Dixon and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 356 different votes 360 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
39 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
33 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
33 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

84.3%
12% above average
Rank 105 of 650
Participation
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 650
522
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,700
2,405 eligible divisions
261
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.8% of votes cast
261
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
905
53.2% of votes cast
14
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

155
+66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Appearances
60
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
303
+148.9 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Contributions
66
-88.1 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,077
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£182,077
19% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 96 votes
Transport
28 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API