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Clive Lewis vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Clive Lewis
Clive Lewis
Lab Norwich South
vs
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Clive Lewis and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,215 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,156 different votes 1,215 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
110 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
64 Aye 107 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 45 No
Migration 4% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 12 No
Housing 4% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
19 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

68.3%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,622
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
896
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
726
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
20
1.2% 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

24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
30
-113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 570 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

£2,262,179
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£292,653
29% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
33
7 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
2
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
181 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 77 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Transport
78 of 95 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
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 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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