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Chris Bryant vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Lab Rhondda and Ogmore
vs
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Chris Bryant and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,208 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,140 different votes 1,208 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
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
108 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 168 shared votes
60 Aye 108 No
24 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
7% below average
Rank 501 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,567
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
891
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
676
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
443
+299.5 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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

£2,807,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£277,046
22% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
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
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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