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Christian Wakeford vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 47% of the time, based on 859 shared comparable votes.

402 same votes 457 different votes 859 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
25 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 90% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 14 No
Trade 79% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 62% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 22 No
Defence 61% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 18 No
Transport 60% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 14 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 19% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 648
Participation
70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 429 of 648
1,367
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,628
2,312 eligible divisions
662
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
751
46.1 % of votes cast
705
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
877
53.9 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

1
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 648
Appearances
41
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 648
1
-106.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Defence
57 of 58 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 65 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Transport
71 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
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
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