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Damian Hinds vs Taiwo Owatemi

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

Photograph of Damian Hinds
Damian Hinds
Con East Hampshire
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Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Damian Hinds and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 939 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 892 different votes 939 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
5 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
68 Aye 30 No
Migration 4% aligned 98 shared votes
26 Aye 72 No
7 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 10 No
Transport 3% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
33 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 68 of 649
Participation
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
2,050
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
1,064
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
5
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
Appearances
5
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Contributions
5
-138.5 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,055,176
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£219,626
3% below average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
208 of 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Migration
161 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
56 of 60 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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