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Chris Law vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Chris Law
Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Chris Law and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 894 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 817 different votes 894 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
85 Aye 62 No
Tax 27% aligned 147 shared votes
53 Aye 94 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 10% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
17 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
549
44.9% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 649
67
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 649
Contributions
66
-76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
16
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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
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