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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
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 45% of the time, based on 906 shared comparable votes.

404 same votes 502 different votes 906 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
17 Aye 14 No
Trade 71% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 58% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 57% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 55% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 5% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 8 No
Housing 18% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
684
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
745
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

1
-82.7 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
1
-144.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649

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
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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